favoritism....

Favoritism in the workplace might result in this person being promoted faster than others unfairly, being paid more to do the same job as others, being given more leeway to come and go during the day as they please, that sort of thing.
The end result is that they appear to be treated better than others and for no valid reason.
In each case, work favoritism appears to correlate less on their abilities and more because they know the right person or people.
Work favoritism can occur in pretty much any office environment large or small. How you react to the favoritism really depends on how blatant it is, if it's proveable and whether or not it's illegal. Your company's willingness to tolerate such behavior is also key.
Before you consider going public with a complaint about favoritism think about the possible consequences.

This is a small article i read in blackle.com on favoritism.... subconciously something is going in my mind...and made me work on those lines....