The Commission on Social Justice, set up by John Smith, reported in 1994 that the values of social justice were equal worth of citizens, equal rights to be able to meet their basic needs, the requirement to spread opportunities as much as possible and the need to remove unjustified inequalities.
由约翰·史密斯设立的社会正义委员会《1994年报告》说，社会正义的价值观是：公民的平等价值，能够满足其基本需求的平等权利，对尽可能鱼跃鸢飞的机会的要求，以及消除不合理不平等的必要性。