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social science subjects > business and management > business ethics > theories of ethics > procedural justice: philosophical perspectives

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procedural justice: philosophical perspectives  

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  • Procedural justice is a conception of justice that proposes that following certain specified procedures will result in an outcome that is just. Procedural justice typically is employed as the preferred method of settling cases in which parties disagree on the just outcome of conflicting private interests or of conflicting conceptions of the public good. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Procedural Justice: Philosophical Perspectives]

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