Examples Of Distributive Injustice In The Workplace

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First, employers should not underpay their employees with strong calling as it may be negative for the balance of the company. While it is often argued that these highly passionate individuals may be exploited by management more easily than others (Bunderson and Thompson 2009), which is said to be good for the employer as it allows him to reduce his costs, we would suggest that it is not a sustainable situation. It is immoral to exploit somebody and it could do great damage to the company if revealed by the press for instance. Similarly, this unethical situation may lead to the development of a feeling of injustice towards the company as the individual feels that he is not rewarded as much as he should be. This is a phenomenon called “distributive injustice” (Daniels, Norman, 1990). …show more content…

Procrastinating, or even in their most excessive form “Major Organizational Counterproductive Behaviors” (sabotage, and violence and stealing) are examples of counterproductive work behaviours. Individual paid unfairly may as a result act against the company to restore the level of reward they feel they should have. In this case, paying individuals unfairly. other than being unethical, may greatly disturb the equilibrium of the entire workplace, which is dreadful for the company (Jerald Greenberg, Jason Colquitt 2005). Paying individuals with a strong calling poorly may not only have negative consequences because of the phenomenon of distributive injustice, it may also deter incentives to

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