In five pages honesty is the focus of this human behavioral observation involving a misplaced wallet and assumptions that are made about its safe return to the owner who lost it. There is no bibliography included.
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but it does contain three business cards of the person who "lost" it. * The day and time are: Saturday between the hours of 10:00 AM and 12:00 PM.
* The observer is sitting on a nearby bench that provides a full frontal view of the wallet and persons who may sit on the bench where the wallet has
been left. * The observer will note reactions and actions of persons who espy the wallet and will also discretely follow any person who takes the wallet from its
location. The question is: what will people do who find the wallet just sitting there on the bench? The options might be: * Look to see if there was any
identification in the wallet. * Take the wallet and all its contents to the malls lost and found department. * Take the wallet and all its contents to the nearest
store. * Look for a security guard and give the wallet to that person. * Take some or all of the money out of the wallet and leave the wallet
there or throw it in the nearest trash receptacle. * Dont do anything - just leave the wallet where it is. This is an observation of personal honesty, morals and
ones own ethical code of conduct. In any situation, people make decisions based on what they believe is right and wrong. While we do not typically think about our own
code of ethics, decisions are nonetheless made based on the beliefs that form the foundation for our ethics and morals. If we make a decision that violates our own ethical
code, we most often dont feel good, we feel that something is wrong or we suddenly feel a pang of guilt. We tend to say things to ourselves that include
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