The United Nations’ 2006 document Social Justice in an Open World: The Role of the United Nations, states that "Social justice may be broadly understood as the fair and compassionate distribution of the fruits of economic growth ..."
聯合國2006年的文檔《公正開放世界中的社會正義：聯合國的作用》指出，「社會正義可以被廣泛地理解為，公平並富同情心地分佈經濟增長的果實……。