Values

When one is sorely tested, the values that are being treasured begin to come out.
I have heard of this incident from a friend.
Her boss deviate far too much from the rule to make an exception for another colleague in the job she was handling.
She is usually quite numbed to feeling especially when she knows how her boss works. But this time round, she cannot help but feel indignant.
She cannot understand why her boss handles it that way.
Is it fair as a boss to bend the rules so much for the colleague?
Why does the boss have to do that? Because the boss needed her to do work or he and she had some hanky-panky going on?
Then my friend realised after a while, what she is feeling is in fact, her values. Her values are sorely tested that is why the reaction is so strong. She seeks justice for those who had the same thing happened to them. Why should there be a deviation if that is the rule on an important issue? All the more there should be transparency to prevent confusion and let everyone be clear that they will be taken care in the same procedure. Of course since it is not a good thing, no announcement or exaggeration is the best for everyone so that there is no embarrassment or whatsoever.
My friend cannot understand why the boss has to treat her differently when all she did was to do her work.
But that is not the main issue.
The main issue here is she found what she would like to uphold even in the worst times.
Fairness, justice and transparency.
Not even human relationships can force her to do what she do not wish to do.
Ironically, she has to thank her boss for bringing out the values she had in her.

Can you ever recall an event or an experience that you had that you find yourself feeling indignant and wronged that the right things must be restored?
What exactly are those right things?