Organisational justice:new insights from behavioural ethics

Abstract

Both organizational justice and behavioural ethics are concerned with questions of 'right and wrong' in the context of work organizations. Until recently they have developed largely independently of each other, choosing to focus on subtly different concerns, constructs and research questions. The last few years have, however, witnessed a significant growth in theoretical and empirical research integrating these closely related academic specialities. We review the organizational justice literature, illustrating the impact of behavioural ethics research on important fairness questions. We argue that organizational justice research is focused on four reoccurring issues: (i) why justice at work matters to individuals; (ii) how justice judgements are formed; (iii) the consequences of injustice; and (iv) the factors antecedent to justice perceptions. Current and future justice research has begun and will continue borrowing from the behavioural ethics literature in answering these questions.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726713485609
Divisions: College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Work & Organisational Psychology
College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School
Uncontrolled Keywords: behavioural ethics,fairness,integrity,organizational justice,morality
Publication ISSN: 1741-282X
Last Modified: 09 Oct 2024 07:11
Date Deposited: 20 Jun 2013 12:51
Full Text Link: http://hum.sage ... ontent/66/7/885
Related URLs: http://www.scop ... tnerID=8YFLogxK (Scopus URL)
PURE Output Type: Editorial
Published Date: 2013-07
Published Online Date: 2013-05-28
Authors: Crawshaw, Jonathan R. (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-7168-5607)
Cropanzano, Russell
Bell, Chris M.
Nadisic, Thierry

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