Distributive Justice Research Articles

Assertiveness or humility? The role of broker’s humility in promoting knowledge-based gig employee’s organizational identity and proactive behavior

PurposeAlthough companies are increasingly hiring knowledge-based gig employees with the expectation of leveraging their expertise and unique experiences, a lack of identity hinders these employees from proactively contributing their skills and expertise to the organizations. This study identifies the broker as a significant role that connects gig employees with formal employees in the workflow. It employs the model of proactive motivation to explore how broker’s humility can enhance gig employee’s organizational identity and proactive behavior.Design/methodology/approachWe examine our proposed theoretical model using a three-wave survey, with data collected from 536 gig employees.FindingsBroker’s humility significantly enhances gig employee’s organizational identity; this, in turn, promotes employee’s proactive behavior. Organizational justice (distributive, procedural and interactional justice) significantly strengthens the positive relationship between gig employee’s organizational identity and proactive behavior.Practical implicationsOrganizations should strategically position brokers and focus on developing their humility and other soft skills. This could be a key strategy for organizations seeking to improve the integration and performance of knowledge-based gig employees. Organizations should prioritize enhancing such employee’s organizational identity, which is closely tied to proactive work behaviors and determines whether an organization can fully leverage these employees’ experiences and strengths.Originality/valueThis study emphasizes the importance of proactive behavior in the gig context. It is among the first to empirically examine gig employee’s proactive behavior and find an important contextual factor (broker’s humility) and mechanism (organizational identity) for enhancing it.

Prediction of Employee Well-Being Through Organizational Justice in the Hospitality Work Environment

The issue of employee well-being has dominated discussion amongst scholars from interdisciplinary congregations quite apart from hospitality business practitioners. It was this debate that gave rise to this research. Therefore, this research aims to investigate the significant effect of organizational justice on employee well-being in the hospitality work environment based on a cross-sectional survey design. Twenty four-star hotels were selected using a simple random sampling technique. Data was collected with organizational justice and employee well-being validated instruments. Ethical principles regarding the participants were followed to avoid being harmed or coerced. After the data cleaning process, the valid data representing participants’ information was analyzed with frequency distribution while linear regression was employed to analyze the formulated research hypotheses. A statistical package for the social sciences was used to perform the analysis. After the analysis, it was found that organizational justice significantly predicted employee well-being positively. This study concludes that distributive, procedural, and interactional justice enhance employee well-being in the hospitality sector. The findings suggest that managers can reduce turnover by integrating organizational justice into daily decisions

Organizational justice perceptions of employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates in the USA

Purpose This qualitative study aims to explore the perceptions and experiences of US employees regarding COVID-19 vaccine mandates imposed by employers as a condition of continued employment, through the lens of organizational justice. Design/methodology/approach This study uses thematic analysis of 21 social media videos from YouTube and TikTok, in which employees from various backgrounds describe their experiences of facing vaccine mandates. Findings Three primary themes emerged: employee resistance to the vaccine, employee resistance to vaccine mandates and employee turnover intentions. This study found that perceptions of organizational justice, particularly procedural, interactional, distributive and informational justice were central to employees’ reactions to the vaccine mandates. Many employees viewed the mandates as violations of personal freedoms, leading to increased mistrust and resistance within their employment environments. Originality/value The findings highlight the importance of considering employees’ perceptions of fairness when implementing health-related mandates, as coercive policies may exacerbate resistance and negatively impact employee retention.

IMPLEMENTASI PRINSIP-PRINSIP EKONOMI ISLAM DALAM MEWUJUDKAN KEADILAN SOSIAL DI MASYARAKAT

This research investigates the role of implementing Islamic economic principles in fostering social justice within communities. Employing a literature analysis approach, we review various academic studies highlighting the impact of principles such as distributive justice, prohibition of usury, and management of Zakat on economic structures and social welfare. Findings indicate that Islamic economic principles hold significant potential in reducing economic disparities, enhancing access to resources for vulnerable groups, and promoting general welfare. However, challenges such as lack of understanding, resistance to change, and legal uncertainty remain obstacles to effective implementation. The conclusion emphasizes the need for sustained efforts to improve understanding, support conducive policies, and address practical barriers to optimize the contribution of Islamic economic principles in creating a more just and economically sustainable society.

Quantifying Social Justice in Energy Transition: A Policy-Driven Assessment Framework for China

Addressing climate change and promoting social justice are crucial sustainable development goals. However, the quantitative assessment of how energy transition policies impact social justice remains a significant challenge. To address this gap, we develop a novel Energy Transition Social Justice Framework (ETSJF) that integrates four dimensions (energy supply, energy demand, procedural justice, and distributive justice) and three perspectives (individual, group-organizational, and society). The ETSJF index is constructed to measure the progress of social justice in China’s energy transition from 2010 to 2021. The index exhibits a robust growth trend, increasing from 269 in 2010 to 965 in 2021, with an average annual growth rate of 12.9%. The years 2014 and 2020–2021 mark turning points, coinciding with the implementation of transformative policy initiatives and China’s carbon neutrality pledge. Employing multi-source data analysis, we evaluate the impact of energy transition policies on social justice using the Energy Transition Policy Impact Intensity (ETPII). Our analysis reveals that energy transition policies significantly positively impact overall social justice (ETPII: 1.133), with variations across dimensions. Energy supply shows the most potent effects (ETPII: 1.203), while procedural justice exhibits the weakest impact (ETPII: 0.804). These findings offer policy implications for achieving a just and inclusive energy transition. The proposed ETSJF and ETPII enable the systematic monitoring of social justice progress and offer methodological tools for policymakers to optimize energy transition policies through data-driven decision-making.

Why a responsibility sensitive healthcare system is not disrespectful.

The prevalence of non-communicable diseases, the related increased medical costs, and the recent public health emergency bring out more forcefully pre-existing dilemmas of distributive justice in the healthcare context. Under this reality, would it be justified to hold people responsible for their taken lifestyle decisions, or would it constitute an instance of unjustified disrespectful treatment? From a respect-based standpoint, one could argue that a responsibility-sensitive healthcare system morally disrespects the imprudent ones engaging in disadvantageous differential treatment to their detriment. In contrast, however, we might also have luck egalitarian reasons that explain why this differential treatment is not unjust. Luck egalitarianism is a responsibility-sensitive theory of distributive justice, which argues that it is bad if some people are worse off than others through no voluntary fault of their own. In this paper, I clarify the concerns about disrespect raised against the luck egalitarian viewpoint and offer possible respect-based reasons for why this might not be the case grounded in deontological concepts. First, I employ a revised Double-effect case to support responsibility-sensitive rationing. In the last part of the paper, these are further supported through the Kantian Formula of Humanity supplemented by the concept of duties.

The ethical considerations of primordial pandemic prevention from a one health perspective

BackgroundThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has left a devastating global toll. As such, there is a strong impetus to prevent future global pandemics. Ethical considerations are an integral element of pandemic preparedness and response plans and should be incorporated into any pandemic prevention plan to explicitly examine the incorporated values from various stakeholders. Our study aims to determine the ethical considerations of primordial pandemic prevention from a One Health perspective.MethodsThis was a prospective Delphi consensus seeking-study. We aimed to recruit a purposive, globally representative sample of experts in the fields of public health ethics, One Health ethics, pandemic ethics and pandemic prevention. Two rounds were completed between November 2021, and January 2022. The first round consisted of open-ended questions to establish ethical considerations for primordial pandemic prevention. Thematic analysis was used to uncover themes. The second-round presented the ethical consideration results of the first round, and asked participants to rate the importance of each of them.ResultsThe first-round had 27 participants, and the second-round had 25 participants. Both rounds had global representation from all intended fields of expertise. There were five ethical considerations for which consensus was achieved: Promoting equity, global collective effort, distributive justice, evidence-based efficiency and the interconnectedness of humans, animals and the environment.ConclusionsOur study identified five ethical considerations for primordial pandemic prevention from a globally representative sample. The findings will contribute to current and future pandemic prevention policy, and expand ethics research in the fields of One Health, pandemic prevention and zoonotic disease control.

LIABILITY FOR COMPENSATION ON HOSPITALS DUE TO HEALTH WORKFORCE NEGLIGENCE (A CRITIQUE)

This research examines the implications of Article 193 of Law No. 17 of 2023 concerning Health, which imposes sole liability on hospitals for negligence by health workers. This provision raises concerns about fairness and justice, as it deviates from established principles of shared accountability in Indonesian civil law. The study aims to critique this legal framework, assess its alignment with international standards, and explore its impact on healthcare delivery. Using a descriptive method, the research analyzes legal documents, case law, and relevant literature to understand the complexities of liability in healthcare. The findings reveal that Article 193 undermines the principles of distributive, retributive, and compensatory justice, potentially eroding trust in the legal system and discouraging hospitals from providing high-risk services. Furthermore, the study highlights that this one-sided liability can create an adversarial relationship between hospital management and health workers, ultimately harming patient care. The implications of this research suggest the need for legal reforms that promote shared accountability among healthcare providers and individual practitioners. By advocating for a reassessment of Article 193, the study aims to inform policymakers and legal professionals on creating a balanced liability framework that fosters a collaborative healthcare environment and enhances patient safety.

Exploring attention to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in Canadian environmental non-profits: implications for racialised migrants

ABSTRACT In recent years, increasing calls have been made for environmental justice in Canada and around the world amidst rapidly diversifying populations, growing environmental inequalities, and expansion of the environmental sustainability sector in response to the climate crisis. Racialised migrant communities face disproportionate exposure to environmental risks while also facing exclusion from well-paid, meaningful opportunities in the environmental sector. The Canadian labour market relies heavily upon highly skilled racialised migrant workers for economic growth and has recently increased investments in expanding the green economy. Yet, there remains limited understanding of the extent to which environmental organisations in Canada are making progress on justice, equity, diversity and inclusion (JEDI) goals and how. We draw upon interviews with environmental professionals in leadership roles (n = 14) and focus groups with racialised migrants (n = 15) to explore challenges and best practices for integrating JEDI policies in environmental organisations with emphasis on the non-profit sector. Environmental justice literature considers the experiences of racialised communities, yet with limited focus on the unique challenges related to immigration, settlement and integration. On the other hand, immigration researchers that document the challenges of economic integration pay little attention to the environmental sector specifically, despite known, widespread environmental injustices facing migrant and racialised populations. We discuss how to strengthen the hiring of racialised migrants in the Canadian environmental non-profit sector, inclusive participation in environmental-related programming, and the role of Canadian environmental nonprofits in strengthening procedural, recognitional and distributional environmental justice.

Coercive measures in disability and mental health care services: Mechanical restraints from a bioethical and legal perspective in Spain.

This article explores the use of coercive measures, particularly mechanical and pharmacological restraints, in disability care settings and mental health services from a bioethical perspective, focusing on how these practices impact the human rights of individuals with mental disorder, focusing on how these practices impact the human rights of individuals with mental disorders. A robust bioethical framework is presented, advocating for principles of autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, dignity, dialogical justice, distributive justice, and vulnerability. These principles are integrated to reframe interventions and promote respect for patient rights. The article provides a detailed account of the legal framework governing these practices in Spain, addressing both national and regional legislation, and emphasizing its significance in protecting human rights. Finally, practical recommendations are offered, which have proven effective in significantly reducing the need for coercive interventions. The article concludes by advocating for a transformation in clinical practices, promoting dignified and respectful care in line with a human rights framework, and moving away from unnecessary coercive measures.

Environmental Quality and Poverty in Montevideo: A Spatial Approach to Exploring Environmental Injustices

The distributive environmental justice approach focuses on analysing the spatial patterns of environmental effects and identifying situations of inequality between different social groups. These inequalities may be related to specific impacts or be the result of accumulated benefits or harms to certain populations, the latter aspect being less investigated globally and, in particular, in Latin America. This work aims to analyse the existence of environmental injustices in the city of Montevideo (Uruguay). For this purpose, an environmental quality index (EQI) composed of five subindices is proposed: pollution, exposure to risks, health impacts, habitat quality and availability of green spaces, and their relationship with the level of poverty is evaluated through descriptive analyses and spatial regression models. The results reveal an inverse relationship between the cumulative environmental quality and poverty level, this being especially marked in the subindices of environmental pollution and habitat quality. In contrast, the availability of green spaces presents a more favourable situation for the poorest groups of the population. This study highlights the importance of analysing environmental injustices through multiple indicator-based approaches and highlights the need to incorporate these perspectives into the study of cities with high levels of segregation.

Transformation Towards a Sharia-Based Economy: Theory, Practice and Social Implications

Sharia economics is an economic paradigm based on Islamic principles, which includes aspects of finance, investment and distribution of wealth by complying with Islamic laws. This concept emphasizes fairness, transparency and sustainability in various economic activities. In this journal, we will explore several key aspects of Islamic economics from a theoretical and practical implementation perspective. Sharia economic theory integrates Islamic principles into the existing economic framework. One of the main principles is the prohibition of usury (riba al-duyun), which prohibits the practice of interest in the financial system. This encourages the development of alternative financial instruments such as mudharabah (profit sharing) and murabahah (buying and selling with a markup). (Amalia 2020). Apart from that, the sharia economic concept also emphasizes distributive justice, where wealth and natural resources must be distributed fairly among society. These principles are reflected in zakat (religious donations) and sadaqah (voluntary donations), which are important instruments in the redistribution of wealth to overcome social inequality

U.S. brain drain as local distributive justice: the case of distressed rural locations

ABSTRACT This paper makes a case for connecting the challenges of brain drain and distributive justice through a literature review and illustrative examples. The brain drain literature is almost entirely devoted to international migration and economic consequences. We are not calling for less attention to international brain drain research. Rather, we call for a substantial increase in efforts to study brain drain in rural areas and to understand its connections to multiple distressing distributive justice outcomes. As an illustration, we propose and test indicators of persistent brain drain and distributive injustice in a large area in South Carolina. As expected, multiple signs of distress were found in the poorest study areas, but the results were inconsistent with expectations. We consider the challenges and opportunities for stimulating these persistently distressed areas through recruiting and sustaining a labour force to help remediate these areas’ brain drain and environmental justice legacies.

Global Bibliometric Mapping of Research Trends in Scopus: Tackling Climate Change From a Justice Approach (2007-2023)

Climate change is a major global challenge disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations. This study aimed to conduct a bibliometric analysis to map research trends. A search was conducted in Scopus, considering the terms ‘climate justice’ in the period 2007-2023, inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied and bibliometric indicators were used. 862 documents were identified, with an exponential growth of publications in the last 5 years. The most influential journals belong to areas such as environmental sciences, economics, and social sciences. The United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia lead the scientific output. Prominent topics include distributive justice, ecological protection, climate responsibility, and human development, linked to climate change as a cross-cutting theme. It was concluded that climate justice is a growing field of research, published in high-impact journals, with scientific rigor and a multidisciplinary approach. New lines of future research such as governance and climate justice were identified.

Bounded, Surveilled, and Imperiled: Spatial Dimensions of Environmental Injustice in a city on the U.S-Mexico Border

ABSTRACT In certain circumstances, quantitative approaches to determining distributive environmental justice fail to indicate injustice when it may, in fact, exist. Furthermore, such approaches do not indicate how or why an injustice exists or persists. This is the case in Laredo, Texas, a city of approximately 260,000 people on the U.S.-Mexico border. Here, numerous environmental hazards exist: a commercial sterilizer that uses ethylene oxide, a known carcinogen; poor air quality; drinking water contamination; extreme heat; and lack of healthcare access. Using a carceral geographies approach, this study emphasizes that the practiced and reworked militarized U.S.-Mexico border constrains and traps its residents in an environmentally hazardous area. By this measure, a considerable environmental injustice becomes apparent.

“The Poor Are Hit the Hardest”—Norwegians' Perceptions of Climate (In)Justice

ABSTRACTThe concept of climate justice is frequently discussed in academic literature focusing on the societal impacts of climate change and climate policy. Less attention has been paid to the public's understanding of the concept. In this paper, we investigate whether the public acknowledges a link between climate change and (in)justice, and, if so, what they consider unjust. A representative sample of the Norwegian public (N = 1923) was asked what, if anything, they think can be unjust about climate change, in an open‐ended survey question. Categorizing the responses in line with conventional climate justice dimensions, we found that the majority of respondents referred to some type of distributional justice, while few referred to procedural or recognition justice arguments. Analysing the responses in a bottom‐up manner, by identifying recurring themes, revealed a frequent emphasis on international distribution, followed by distribution between rich and poor and unjust climate policies. We also identified arguments diffusing Norway's responsibility, typically focusing on Norway being a small country. Our findings give insights into the type of justice arguments likely to be recognized and accepted by the Norwegian public, and how this may vary between social groups.

Satisfaction with AI chatbots in crowdsourcing services: anthropomorphic and fairness perspectives

ABSTRACT The creation of human-like AI chatbots for service interactions has raised controversies about whether such technologies can truly generate a personal touch while improving fairness perception and overall customer experience. Pivoting on computer as social actors and perceived justice theories, this research examines and updates the factors influencing customers’ satisfaction with AI chatbots in the modern era. An online questionnaire was conducted in Singapore and 450 valid responses were collated. Structural equation modelling was utilised to investigate the model and the gathered data. The outcomes of this study have shown that perceived anthropomorphic characteristics and perceived empathy have significant and positive impacts on customers’ perceptions of interactional justice, distributive justice, and procedural justice. These justice perceptions then create trust in the AI chatbots and consequently influence customer satisfaction. The findings have substantiated the use of AI chatbots from anthropomorphic and fairness contexts. They also provide theoretical and managerial contributions for existing and future service providers that adopt AI chatbots.

Making Healthcare Decisions on Behalf of People in a Disorder of Consciousness. A “Risk-Making” Theory of Decisional Practices

Healthcare decisions evaluate treatment risks and benefits, using a shared decision-making process between patient and clinician. Healthcare workers (HCWs) offer treatments based on condition specific evidence and expert knowledge. The patient evaluates treatment choices from their individual perception of how helpful or harmful treatment might be. This is a “risk-taking” decision. Those in a disorder of consciousness (DOC) have unreliable or absent awareness. They cannot participate in the risk-taking decisional process outlined above. Instead, family members and HCWs evaluate the options and determine how much risk is acceptable. We propose this is a distinctly different decisional process called “risk-making,” and that for those in a DOC it is influenced by multiple poorly understood factors. The different ways that decisions are made on their behalf may be negatively impacting their healthcare and creating a distributive justice need. A “risk-making” theory of DOC healthcare decision-making was developed via narrative literature review. It aims to explicate the realities of DOC decision-making practices, and surface rarely discussed assumptions and social factors possibly impacting DOC healthcare for discussion and future exploration.

Supplier Justice Practice in Building Buyers’ Resilience: A Mediated-Moderation Model

While justice practice in the buyer–supplier relationship has been well-researched, its impact has mainly been discussed in achieving various relational outcomes (such as satisfaction, commitment, collaboration, etc.) and various firm performances (such as social, operational, financial, etc.). This study extends the application of justice practice beyond this traditional focus and investigates its role in building resilience, a critical capability to survive during a disruptive environment. The purpose of this study is not only to understand the relationships among the dimensions of supplier justice practices but also to understand the usefulness of the supplier justice practice in building buyers’ resilience through supplier flexibility practice. The contingent role of firm size and firm age is also examined with the link between supplier flexibility and buyers’ resilience. We collected data from 205 Australian firms to examine the theoretical framework. Following the PLS-SEM technique, our findings show that suppliers’ interactional justice positively influences both distributive and procedural justice. Our result further reveals that only suppliers’ procedural justice directly influences buyers’ resilience and distributive and interactional justice impacts buyers’ resilience through supplier flexibility. This confirms the presence of supplier flexibility as a mediator between distributive justice, interactional justice, and buyers’ resilience. Our findings further show that only firm size positively moderates the effect of supplier flexibility on buyers’ resilience. We also present the theoretical and managerial implications of the study based on the findings.

The Electric Matrix of the State of São Paulo Toward the Just Energy Transition: Comparative Analysis of Strategies Based on the Experience of the 2014–2015 and 2021 Water Crises

This paper analyses the evolution of the electric matrix of the Brazilian state of São Paulo between 2012 and 2022, assessing the impacts on the electric system of two major water crisis events that occurred in 2014–2015 and 2021. We conducted our analysis through the lens of just energy transition, which is here understood as an approach that encompasses elements from environmental, climatic, and energy justice in the study of energy planning and policies. In this sense, in this paper we focus on elements of distributive energy justice. We find that the electric matrix of the state had a slight but still insufficient diversification, remaining tied to a dependence on hydraulic and fossil fuel generation and highly vulnerable to water crisis events. In addition, we show how both water-crisis events significantly influenced electric generation in the state, leading to increases in costs and tariffs, which are implied in issues of distributive justice. From these results we conclude that, through the perspective of just energy transition, the energy planning of the state lacked a clear path to decarbonization and diversification, perpetuating a weakness that produces issues of energy justice in crisis scenarios.