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Fairness: the hidden currency of the workplace

It animates bosses, employees and customers alike

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Illustration: Paul Blow

Some videos are almost certain to go viral: wild animals that pilfer food from unsuspecting families, cars that career through the windows of crowded cafés, pilots trying to land planes in high winds. Some are less obvious candidates to ricochet around the internet. Take, for example, the case of Brittany Pietsch, whose recording of a call in which she is laid off from a tech firm called Cloudflare went viral last month.

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This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline “Fairness game ”

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