Fairness Foundation - Fairness and Fairness Ethics

Fairness and Fairness Ethics

In its Fairness Charta, the Fairness Foundation has described the social importance of fairness and the claim on every person to become active on behalf of fairness. It says there (among other statements):

“In order that people, families, organisations, companies and associations may develop positively, in order that personal, social, economic and cultural life may thrive, in order that people remain unharmed physically, psychologically, socially, in their minds and spiritually, may keep their well-being or achieve it and find their lives’ fulfilment, it is necessary to

• grant by all means a just and fair dealing of the people with one another,

• the care, tolerance and understanding for other people in their individual behaviour

• make efforts on behalf of rules, structures, values and procedures that make fairness and fair play possible and safeguard them.”

What really is meant by fairness has been explained by Norbert Copray in “Fairness. A key to cooperation and confidence”. Gütersloh 2010.

As a guideline, the Foundation phrased it: “Show that behaviour to others and towards your-self as you would like others to deal with you when you are dependent on others’ benevolence.”

For the work of the Fairness Foundation it is essential that no other Fairness definition is imposed on others but that a fair debate is encouraged which enables an agreement on fairness and thus arrives at a solution of problems and a perspective for solutions in a cooperative communication. It is vital that people learn to foster fairness competence and that organisations create a fairness culture.