Violations of the law of anti-hypocrisy must stop wherever it may rear its head. Whether you  learned it as “love thy neighbor as thy self” or “Would you like that if your sister did that to you?” almost everyone has been taught the concept of anti-hypocrisy by a person that loved them at an early age. It is something that is assumed we all know, and it should be obvious we do not all live by it. This principle shapes our laws of ethical business practices, criminal law, and is the spirit of fairness. It is the spirit of sportsmanship, and the spirit of many sacred things that we as humans hold dear like the price for food and commodities. You want a “fair price” don’t you? You want the umpire to call a “fair game” and you want “fair pay” for the work you do…Oops…Maybe I shouldn’t go there. Since there are still companies that pay women less money when they do the same work as men. Just as well, employers are still paying black people less than white people for the same job…but wait…Where does that leave black women?

If John negotiates a great salary for his project management position, it should be considered unethical to pay anyone less, with similar experience, at the same office, for the same position, if hired after John. John set the bar, and everyone else benefits from the bar he set. Is this not fair? Is this not what equal pay for equal work is all about? Sometimes there is no way to know what John negotiated, unless you ask him. But should you have to ask? The company knows, and they should acknowledge what the position is worth to them and should pay all future employees that amount. On the back end, when reviews are given, any person excelling at John’s position should be given a raise to get them somewhere within range of the new standard pay for the position.

Violation of the law of anti-hypocrisy has to end. Let’s start paying people fairly. If anyone, white man, black man, red man, method man, or orange man perform the same job, for the same organization, with similar or offsetting credentials (education, experience, certification, etc.), lets pay them the same. Let us govern our pay scale as they do in the NBA, NFL, FIFA Soccer Leagues, etc. If a starting quarterback at the top of his game negotiates a record contract from his team, it helps all the rest of the starting quarterbacks at the top of their game in the NFL. The same goes for NBA players and soccer players. Why should it be any different for INSERT OCCUPATION HERE?