Ethical dilemmas about honesty and integrity
Integrity is easy to claim and harder to practise when nobody is watching. The cash machine gives you too much. A shop forgets to charge you. A well-liked colleague rounds their expenses up. A friend wants to copy your work an hour before the deadline. In each case doing the right thing costs something, and doing the easy thing costs nothing anyone could see. These are not trolley problems; they are the small tests that happen on a Tuesday. Pick an answer on each and see how other people chose.
The cash machine gives you 200 too much. The error is the bank's, and no one will ever ask.
You notice a well-liked colleague padding their expenses by small amounts. It is technically theft.
An hour before the deadline, a friend asks to copy your assignment. They had the same week you did.
You learn by accident that a colleague earns far less than you for the same job. They have no idea.
You find a real mistake in work you already delivered. Almost certainly, no one will ever notice.
In a friendly match, the referee — your friend — gives you a point you know was out.
The CV your friend asked you to review claims a title they never held.
You notice outside that the shop forgot to charge you for one item.
A coat is tagged 9 instead of 90. The cashier did not notice.
In a quiet shop you knock over and chip a cheap vase. Nobody saw.
Everyone rounds their timesheet up. You worked 7 hours, not 8.
You told a small lie to dodge a plan. Now they have made a big effort for it.
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