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Compassion

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Compassion consists of attention to or noticing of suffering; empathetic concern, a felt relation with the other; and action to lessen or relieve suffering.

Kanov, J. M., Maitlis, S., Worline, M. C., Dutton, J. E., Frost, P. J., & Lilius, J. M. (2004). Compassion in organizational life. American Behavioral Scientist, 47(6), 808–827.

Misery and Company: Sympathy in Everyday Life, Clark. (n.d.). Retrieved November 15, 2012, from http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo3631372.html