Pitfalls of administering justice in an inconsistent world: Some reflections on the consistency rule
Patient, David
Patient, David
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Publication Year
2011
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Journal of Organizational Behavior
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32
Publication Issue
7
Publication Begin page
1008
Publication End page
1012
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Abstract
The unique legal context investigated by Stein, Steinley, and Cropanzano (this issue) highlights important challenges facing decision makers charged with administering justice in turbulent environments. First, rules may need to be adapted to new information and changed circumstances. Second, consistency over time can compete with altruistic motives, moral convictions, and other important principles. Third, decisionmakers may face demands from multiple audiences to reāinterpret a rule in ways that are harsher, more lenient, or otherwise different than previously warranted. Since managers in other organizational settings can also face strong pressures to change over time how they interpret and apply rules, the legal context highlights important aspects of fairness that can compete with consistency over time, and that merit further investigation
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Terror Management Theory, Procedural Justice, Fairness, Terrorism, Judicial Sentencing