The Place For My Writers Notes

Original posting 17 April 2008

And since we all enjoyed worrying about ethical dilemmas the other day, let's try it again.

Pick a number from one to six. You know, half the numbers on the face of the clock.

And your choice is:

1. A neighbor's kid finds $30 on your driveway and gives it to you. No one claims it. Do you give the money to the kid?
2. You are buying a car from someone who must sell because he is broke and out of work. Do you offer him much less than you think the vehicle is worth?
3. A waitress at a fancy restaurant forgets to add your drinks ($8) to the bill. Do you remind her?
4. You find a wallet containing $300. By the address, you can tell that the owner is wealthy. Do you keep the money?
5. Instead of the $1.00 which you have in a dormant bank account, your latest statement reads $100.00. Do you withdraw the money?
6. You have a struggling young company. You have to choose between two equal candidates for a job, a man and a woman. The woman will work for $2,000 per year less than the man. Do you hire her for that reason?

You may notice that the tormentor . . . make that the director of the exercises has carefully hand-chosen these so that they all relate to money. We do love our economics.

Ah, yes. Your chore is to put some people, scenes, a little more motivation and conflict, around these bare bones. Then let's see if Lazarus can get up and walk. I think he can, I think he can . . . and the little engine that could huffed and puffed and . . .

WROTE!