Are You Ethical?
Find out if you are ethical by taking these 12 questions.
- 1.Before you is a big, red, shiny button. Every time you push that button someone, somewhere, will die of a heart attack and out of nowhere will come 1 million dollars and land at your feet. How many times would you push the button?
- A.
Just once, to see if it works or if I need the money.
- B.
None. I would never kill for money.
- C.
I won't stop until I'm a billionaire!
- 2."Everything is legal as long as you don't get caught" Agree or disagree?
- A.
Agree
- B.
Disagree
- 3.You were just about to replace your computer, then it's stolen. Do you . . .
- A.
Not bother to make a claim
- B.
Put in an insurance claim for its full initial value.
- 4.You're an environmentalist called in by the town to say why the trees are dying in the park. Do you . . .
- A.
Tell them it's the work of a cyclical bug invasion (which it is) and will go away by itself.
- B.
Say it could very well be the result of the emissions from the town incinerator, and they'd better clean it up.
- 5.You administer tests for the board of education. A poor child scores very low on a test, probably from lack of breakfast and encouragement. Do you . . .
- A.
Tell the child's mother to spend more time reading to her, and make sure she gets breakfast.
- B.
Declare her learning disabled so she'll get to take advantage of special programs.
- 6.Your daughter tells you with some amusement that one of her friends got away with $60 worth of scarves from the department store. Do you . . .
- A.
Make sure the theft comes to the attention of the authorities.
- B.
Smile indulgently and tell your daughter not to do the same.
- C.
Make sure the theft comes to the attention of her parents.
- 7.Your son comes home with A's in math and history, two of his hardest subjects. You are overjoyed until you hear him tell a friend on the phone that he got copies of the tests ahead of time. Do you . . .
- A.
Make sure, one way or another, that this cheating is known about and punished.
- B.
Shut up about it; maybe this will get him into Harvard.
- 8.The clerk gives you too much change in the supermarket, and you don't discover it until you get home. Do you . . .
- A.
Forget about it; keep the money.
- B.
Get in the car and take the money back to the store.
- 9.One rainy evening you wandered into a shop, where you left your name-brand umbrella in a basket near the door. When you were ready to leave, your umbrella was gone. There were several others in the basket. Will you:
- A.
Take a similar name-brand umbrella from the basket.
- B.
Just go out and get wet!
- C.
Take a lesser quality umbrella from the basket.
- 10.Someone you have just hired seems to be attracted to you and you’re attracted to them. Both of you are single. Would you
- A.
Ask them out on a date.
- B.
Have only a professional relationship.
- C.
Ask the person if you intuition is correct, and if it is, discreetly pursue a romantic relationship.
- 11.At a family dinner out, you use your corporate card because you forgot your personal one. When it comes time to do you expenses, you:
- A.
Put in a clients name whose account has plenty of cash in it.
- B.
Mark as a personal expense & reimburse your employer.
- C.
Ask your boss to approve it because with all the late nights you work, you’ve missed a lot of meals with your family.
- 12.Ask your boss to approve it because with all the late nights you work, you’ve missed a lot of meals with your family.
- A.
Ignore it!
- B.
Talk with your colleagues about your concerns & leave it at that.
- C.
Report them to your supervisor
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