WHAT ARE YOUR ETHICS?
Answer the following scenarios and I'll post the analysis later. Just for fun...no death sentence attached.
X tells you in strict confidence that she is having an affair. Her partner, Y, asks you straight out: “Is X having an affair?” Do you:
A. Lie and say you don't know.
B. Tell the truth.
C. Say: “Ask X.”
D. Ask Y if he wants to talk about his relationship marks.
You work for a large company that has invested heavily in AIDS research. You discover a colleague has been leaking information to a rival company. Do you:
A. Take no action.
B. Report your colleague.
C. Think: “Good! The drug will be more widely and cheaply available if it’s made by more than one company.”
D. Warn him that you’ll report him if he doesn’t stop immediately.
A panhandler hassles you for money for “a cup of coffee‘ It's obvious that he really wants the money for alcohol. Do you:
A. Apologize for not giving.
B. Tell him that you don’t believe him.
C. Do as your mood indicates whether it means giving or not.
D. Give something because you generally do.
Your small child is starting school. In your area, your child has to attend the nearest school, which has low academic standards. Do you:
A. Move where the schools are better.
B. Complain to your local representative or newspaper, listing your objections.
C. Look for private alternatives.
D. Send your child to the local school and get involved in raising its standards.
You’re proud of not owning a car, but you’re neglecting your aging parents because there’s no public transit to their home. Do you:
A. Look into a car-share scheme.
B. Keep your green ethics and keep giving drivers a hard time.
C. Buy a car, putting your human relationships first.
D. Campaign for better public transit and rent a car when necessary.
You have it on the best authority that your political representative has a secret lesbian relationship. The politician is married with children, and, like most in her profession,
Exploits her family credentials to promote her career. She also abstains from voting on gay-rights issues. Do you:
A. Decided that her sex life is private, but ask for regular gossip updates.
B. “Out” her to the press, or write her threatening to if she doesn’t “out” herself.
C. Write her saying that it’s being a politician that she should be ashamed of.
D. Reason that homophobia is a powerful destructive force, so it’s acceptable for her to remain closeted.