Procedural justice

The perceived fairness of the processes, methods, and procedures used to make decisions and allocate resources, rather than the fairness of the outcomes themselves. Procedural justice focuses on how decisions are made rather than what decisions are reached. (Chapter 4, p. 132)*

*Terms defined for the Nurturing Online Communities (NOC) course include a chapter reference to the course text Building Successful Online Communities by Kraut and Resnick.

Citation: Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement. (2025) CSCCE Glossary: Nurturing Online Communities. Santistevan, Pratt, and Woodley doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17137478

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