We are living in an age of pervasive distrust, one so severe that journalists
discuss the "trust deficit" almost as regularly as they do trade or economic
shortfalls. Perceptions of injustice and lack of fairness have increased so much
during the years after the economic crash of 2008 that few organizations, both
public and private, have been left unaffected. In fact, numerous opinion polls
illustrate deep distrust on the part of participants towards political leaders,
government organizations, and certainly, business leaders across many
industries. Democrats, Republicans, conservatives, liberals, the wealthy, the
poor, executives, police officers, managers - the list goes on and on. Some
months back, an NBC/WSJ survey showed an eye-popping 82% disapproval rating for the U.S. Congress, the
lowest in the history of the poll! With this climate as a backdrop, Volume 9 of the Research in Management
series brings together seven chapters written by leading scholars in the field of justice and trust who present new
research, models and conceptualizations to provide insights for key issues in this field both from a scholarly
perspective as well as pragmatic suggestions for practice.