He was a man whose dignity and fairness touched all who knew him.
Employees tell us how important it is to work for a company whose culture embraces fairness, teamwork, education, fun and contributions to society.
"I see it as part of our natural remit," says Jane Corbett, cabinet member at Liverpool city council, whose portfolio spans fairness, social inclusion and equalities.
"[We] propose a 'new union for fairness' whose watchwords are power-sharing, diversity and constitutional partnership, replacing the old union of centralisation, uniformity and Westminster's undivided sovereignty".
"Faith seeking understanding defines the mission of the theologian, even as it has consistently defined the life of Avery Dulles, whose intellectual integrity, fairness of judgment and lucidity of style set a high standard for all theologians".
John Rawls, whose defence of fairness as a form of justice must have hung over the student PPE essays of both the prime minister and the leader of the opposition, saw the importance of fair opportunity in a liberal society, and understood that would not produce equal outcomes.
One of the few to rise above this pettiness and demonization is President Obama, whose judgement, intelligence, fairness and humor often make him appear to be the only adult in the room.
Whereas equality is a strong political idea whose meaning is clear, fairness (as any follower of the debate between "fair" and "free" trade will attest) is marvellously slippery.
A more appropriate response would be to address the issue of the wealth of the elite, and to review the decision to prosecute a group of activists associated with the New Citizens Movement, a civil rights group that has pressed for social fairness and whose members have demanded that government officials declare their assets.
