Scruples...a game of ethics

tiradas · Dec 21, 2005

blessedvalley said:
You r standing in a long line and someone begins to smoke even though there are signs all around stating no smoking in this area! Do you speak up and show them?:o

Probably not...though I would be fuming inside. Could be the day thought that I would!

Your friend has a scheme that she thinks will make a fortune. You think it will bomb. Are you honest about your feelings?

Robbie_James_Francis · Dec 21, 2005

tiradas said:
Your friend has a scheme that she thinks will make a fortune. You think it will bomb. Are you honest about your feelings?

Yep...I'd be tactful about it, but if you can't be honest with your friends who can you be honest with? Also, she deserves to have my advice on the matter as a friend.

You see someone who is really horrible to you and others walking out of a public toilet with toilet tissue on their shoe...do you point it out or let them embarrass themselves?

If Not For Grace · Dec 21, 2005

let it ride.

Will you pick up a hitchiker and give them a ride or look away as you pass by?

Robbie_James_Francis · Dec 21, 2005

dyanm said:
let it ride.

Good answer. I'd probably not say anything even if it was my mate...just for a good laugh!

dyanm said:
Will you pick up a hitchiker and give them a ride or look away as you pass by?

It depends really...if it looks like I could beat him up in case he picks a fight or the hitchiker is a female then yes. Not very nice, but there are some strange people out there...

I'll ask the same question I did last time since it got skipped...

A man in an expensive suit is rushing down the street talking on his phone. He pushes past a homeless man and an elderly woman, nearly knocking them over and then drops £100 on the floor without noticing and continues walking. Do you give him the money or figure he doesn't deserve it?

If Not For Grace · Dec 21, 2005

If the couple are still there, I'd say I think this must be yours.

I think I might should stay out of this thread my ethics are not in the upper percent.

It's the third time you are about to be late to work and you may get fired. You stopped for gas put your last 20 in the tank and backed up in a hurry and hit the car behind you--no one is in the car driver is on the pay phone inside the store (you know there are no security cameras)-do you stop and report the accident or drive away as though you did not realize what you had done?

Luv4Trolls · Dec 21, 2005

It's still his, so I'd give it back to him.

If a manager (who was horrible to you) was fired for stealing $900 from the company, would you be glad she was gone or be upset that she was leaving just because it's the right thing?

ToriL90 · Dec 21, 2005

Luv4Trolls said:
It's still his, so I'd give it back to him.

If a manager (who was horrible to you) was fired for stealing $900 from the company, would you be glad she was gone or be upset that she was leaving just because it's the right thing?

I'd be glad s/he was gone, but also sad for him/her that s/he was so misled.

If you could download free music illegally - but not get caught, 'cause they wouldn't track people down for that kind of thing - would you do it?

Robbie_James_Francis · Dec 21, 2005

ToriL90 said:
If you could download free music illegally - but not get caught, 'cause they wouldn't track people down for that kind of thing - would you do it?

Yep, I probably would. And you can do that...but I can't be bothered and don't trust the sites not to put viruses and spyware on my computer.

I'll ask my other previous question that wasn't answered since I can't think of any more.

You are in a bar in Austria in the early 1900s talking to a young artist by the name of Adolf Hitler. You know what he will become. Do you poison his drink?

ToriL90 · Dec 21, 2005

No. Murder's wrong. I couldn't kill somebody because he will sin.

In the midst of his reign, I could. I see tat as defense of others, and justified. But sitting at the bar knowing that he one day will sin? I honestly couldn't live with myself either way, but that's the decision I could probably live slightly better with myself making.

If you're sitting with a friend/family member listening to music, and they begin playing a song you personally don't approve of, what would you do? Ask them not to play it? Turn it off yourself? Make an excuse to leave the room? Leave the room, letting them know why you are? Not say or do anything? Another option I haven't though of?

Luv4Trolls · Dec 22, 2005

I'd leave the room, they'd understand. And if not, they would figure it out! J/K!

If you bumped into a parked car, no one saw you, and you left a tiny little nick on the car would you leave a note?

If Not For Grace · Dec 23, 2005

Luv4Trolls said:
If you bumped into a parked car, no one saw you, and you left a tiny little nick on the car would you leave a note?

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Along this same line I had one that I never saw a response to:
It's the third time you are about to be late to work and you may get fired. You stopped for gas put your last 20 in the tank and backed up in a hurry and hit the car behind you--no one is in the car driver is on the pay phone inside the store (you know there are no security cameras)-do you stop and report the accident or drive away as though you did not realize what you had done?

ANY TAKERS

tiradas · Jan 3, 2006

I stop and report...you will have proof for your employer as to why you are late...and even if you couldn't get prrof...I would still report.

The price tag on the pants you are buying is $28, but the salesperson has rung up $24. Do you ask if there is a mistake?

Hackett · Jan 3, 2006

tiradas said:
I stop and report...you will have proof for your employer as to why you are late...and even if you couldn't get prrof...I would still report.

The price tag on the pants you are buying is $28, but the salesperson has rung up $24. Do you ask if there is a mistake?

Yes. The speed limit is 55 mph but you are in a hurry. Do you speed breaking the law or stay within the posted speed limit?

If Not For Grace · Jan 3, 2006

I have enough speeding tickets to paper a large wall and the insurance premiums to go w/it. I think I may have been a NASCAR driver in another life.

You are getting a divorce (hubby's GF is w/child), do you list adultery as cause in the papers or irreconcilable differences--you know you are likely to get more child/spousal support if you use adultery.

tiradas · Jan 4, 2006

I list the reason for the divorce...if it is adultery then that is what I use.

You are looking for people to share a house. A handicapped person applies. Do you tell him/her the rooms are rented.

If Not For Grace · Jan 11, 2006

No Way--that's guaranteed income

Your finance takes you to meet their family, you are appalled at whatever kind of lifestyle they live, do you discuss the matter with your betrothed?

tiradas · Jan 11, 2006

Yes.

You are visiting your in-laws and overhear them talking negatvely about your husband...if you tell him it will really hurt him...do you talk to him about it?

GoDzGiRl4EvEr · Jan 11, 2006

Uhhh... well Im obviously not married, (Im only 14!!!) But, I would probably cinfront the inlaws about it first.

Its Christmas Day and your in a rush to get to your families house when you see a family with a baby stranded by the side of the road with a broken down van. Would you offer them a ride????

tiradas · Jan 12, 2006

GoDzGiRl4EvEr said:
Its Christmas Day and your in a rush to get to your families house when you see a family with a baby stranded by the side of the road with a broken down van. Would you offer them a ride????

Absolutely...or offer to do what I could to help. I have been there...along side the road in a blizzard with two children!

The new policy in your office is no checking personal e-mail. Do you sneak once in a while anyway?

If Not For Grace · Jan 12, 2006

You are visiting your in-laws and overhear them talking negatvely about your husband...if you tell him it will really hurt him...

We'll I am married and have dealt w/this one--I say Jump them (in-laws) like a dog on a bone. I won't put up with any I mean ANYbody downing my hubby. Oh, Dear me, let me get back over to Redneck's thread where I belong...

PS GOOD FOR YOU GODSGIRL!!!You'll make a good one, one day...

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