When exchange partners evaluate the utility of help received, each weighs the distribution of outcomes. However, because equity is the norm by which fairness is evaluated in market pricing climates, the relative ratio of inputs and outputs of each person is the key consideration rather than some absolute amount. Close social interactions occur less because, on a daily basis, employees must be concerned with their own rather than others’ work goals and responsibilities. As such, judgments about the fairness of help exchanged are likely to be tied to the event level