You’ve received your raise pool for the year and it’s not as big as you had hoped. You fear that you won’t be able to provide th

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You’ve received your raise pool for the year and it’s not as big as you had hoped. You fear that you won’t be able to provide th

e kind of raises you think most of your employees deserve. The only problem is that the human resources department requires that performance evaluation scores be aligned with raises. Thus, you won’t be able to give your employees high performance scores and low raises, but rather you’ll have to downgrade their performance scores to match their raise amounts. Which of the following actions is most likely to help you promote a greater sense of fairness among your employees? A. Find support for giving lower performance evaluations so as to send a consistent message. B. Tell employees the situation and have them each file grievances with the HR department. C. Present an accurate performance appraisal and explain why raises are not commensurate with their actual performance. D. Tell HR that you won’t participate in performance appraisals this year

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Mariulka [3.8K] · Answer 1 · 2026-03-28T15:38:30+03:00

Answer:

The Answer is C.

Explanation:

Why do I lean towards C? Let’s dissect it.

First and foremost, your goal is to foster a "greater sense of fairness among your employees".

This eliminates option A right off the bat. If workers are performing well and you seek justification to issue lower evaluations, it simply won't succeed, and employees will resist this, resulting in unnecessary conflicts.

Option Bseems quite absurd from my perspective! Asking employees to file grievances because the company lacks sufficient funds? When has that ever worked? Unless filing grievances magically makes the company able to pay more!

You could choose Option Dand avoid the entire situation, but that doesn’t solve anything, right? Therefore, we can disregard this as well.

Option C emerges as the most rational choice, since it involves conducting the evaluation honestly and subsequently providing a genuine explanation to your employees.