Ethical Dilemmas

Warm-up Questions:
Are you a good person? How good are you?

Discussion Questions:

1. You buy movie tickets and snacks, and the cashier mistakenly gives you too much money back. Instead of $20, you get $50. What do you do?
2. Your boss tells you to fire one employee because the company is under financial pressure. However, that employee is your best friend. What would you do?
3. A person you’re romantically interested in gives you a muffin they baked. The muffin tastes quite bad. Are you honest about the taste?
4. You’re a tired student and you realize that AI will quickly do your homework for you. Do you use AI to finish your homework and then go to bed?
5. Your friend’s girlfriend or boyfriend tells you they have feelings for you. What do you do?
6. You are a new employee at a large company, and you learn that some senior employees are stealing money from the company. What should you do?
7. Your friend thinks her new haircut was a big mistake and asks for your honest opinion. You actually agree, but what do you say?

8. You find a $100 bill on the floor in a shop. No one else has seen it. Do you pick it up and leave the store?
9. You find a wallet containing business cards from several people. There is no cash, but the wallet looks expensive. What would you do?
10. Another student is looking at your answers during a test. What do you do?
11. In a mall, you see a person reaching into someone’s bag to steal something. Do you say something to stop the pickpocket?
12. A bank error adds $10 million to your account. What should you do?
13. You order and pay for a MacBook Pro. However, two MacBook Pros are delivered to your home. What is the best thing to do in this situation?
14. The company you work for is financially struggling and will go bankrupt soon. However, your boss tells you to keep accepting payments from customers. You are worried that those customers will lose their money when the company fails. What should you do?
15. You get several job offers from companies to join their marketing teams. By far the highest salary offered is from a company known for bad behavior. Examples include environmental damage, poor treatment of customers, and paying low wages to its factory workers. Do you take the high-paying job?
16. You are friends with a couple, and one day you see one of them on what looks like a date with someone else. What do you do?