Your Belief That " the World Is Just & Fair” Can Make You Cruel !

March 28, 2014

Research Fidning
Your Belief That  " the World Is Just & Fair” Can Make You Cruel ! 

Observed Facts : 
People’s wish to see the world as" just and orderly " - sometimes leads them to harm those who have already suffered injustice !! 
The Experiment : 
 In an experiment, managers with self-reported hiring experience provided LOWER ratings for fictitious job applicants laid off by their former employers , without notice. 
Possible Reason for this bias : 
People derogate victims in this way to AVOID the Cognitive Dissonance that comes from trying to understand how individuals can suffer injustice in a just world, the researchers say.

Research Conducted by :  Daniel P. Skarlicki and R. Anthony Turner of the University of British Columbia.
SOURCE: Unfairness begets unfairness: Victim derogation bias in employee ratings
Courtesy : Harvard Business Review