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Fairness

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Fairness, within the realm of SHRM Certified Professional and Employee and Labor Relations, is a foundational principle that ensures equitable treatment of all employees across an organization. It involves the consistent and unbiased application of policies, procedures, and decision-making processe…

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Question 1

A project manager notices that certain team members are consistently assigned more tasks than others, leading to perceptions of unfairness. To promote fairness in workload distribution, the project manager should:

Correct Answer: Implement a balanced task assignment system that allocates work evenly based on each team member’s capacity.

The project manager should implement a balanced task assignment system that allocates work evenly based on each team member’s capacity. This approach ensures that workloads are distributed fairly, taking into account each individual's ability and availability. Assigning tasks based on personal relationships can lead to favoritism and perceptions of bias. Delegating more complex tasks to senior members may result in unequal workloads and does not address fairness in overall task distribution. Allowing team members to choose their own tasks could lead to disparities and unequal distribution of responsibilities.

Question 2

An HR manager is implementing a new performance review system and notices that certain employee groups feel the criteria are not applied consistently. To promote fairness, what should the HR manager do?

Correct Answer: Ensure that the performance review criteria are standardized and applied uniformly across all employee groups.

The best approach is to ensure that the performance review criteria are standardized and applied uniformly across all employee groups. This promotes fairness by providing consistent standards for evaluation, reducing biases and disparities. Allowing managers to adapt the performance criteria based on personal judgment could lead to inconsistent evaluations and favoritism. Gathering input from employees to modify the criteria might result in subjective changes that undermine objective assessment. Providing additional training to managers is beneficial, but standardizing the criteria is the primary step to ensure fairness.

Question 3

Which of the following practices best promotes fairness in the performance appraisal process?

Correct Answer: Apply consistent metrics to assess all employees' performance.

Applying consistent metrics to assess all employees' performance ensures that everyone is evaluated based on the same standards, promoting objectivity and fairness in the appraisal process. Flexible criteria or personalized goals can lead to subjective assessments and potential biases. Random assessment techniques do not provide a structured and equitable framework for evaluation.

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