The Ethics of the Overcharge Scenario
Vote for William
I know it's a little late to announce this, but I hope you've been following this month's blogger. I was especially interested by the recent sock vote. The question is would you donate your socks to William, a homeless man who visited the Vatican and asked for some socks. Well... you've just got to read the full story for it to make sense.
Other Homeless Men in the News
A Detroit man named Charles found a $21K bond in the trash. He returned it to the rightful owner and got a $100 reward. Not the biggest of payoffs, but at least it's something. What's neat is the fact that the gentleman realized the ethical thing to do in the situation.
I just had a similar discussion with a fellow Apostolic last week. She realized the mall had forgotten to charge her for a $8 blouse. She went back the next day to pay her $8. The manager was so shocked he actually didn't know how to handle the scenario. With no procedures in place, he actually sent her home saying that it was easier to ignore it because they would have to pull the previous day's records. But I wonder what the average person would do in that scenario? In fact, I wonder what the average Apostolic would do? Think "lucky me!" and ignore it? Well, hats off to Charles for taking the high road. I hope I am a Charles.
I know it's a little late to announce this, but I hope you've been following this month's blogger. I was especially interested by the recent sock vote. The question is would you donate your socks to William, a homeless man who visited the Vatican and asked for some socks. Well... you've just got to read the full story for it to make sense.
Other Homeless Men in the News
A Detroit man named Charles found a $21K bond in the trash. He returned it to the rightful owner and got a $100 reward. Not the biggest of payoffs, but at least it's something. What's neat is the fact that the gentleman realized the ethical thing to do in the situation.
I just had a similar discussion with a fellow Apostolic last week. She realized the mall had forgotten to charge her for a $8 blouse. She went back the next day to pay her $8. The manager was so shocked he actually didn't know how to handle the scenario. With no procedures in place, he actually sent her home saying that it was easier to ignore it because they would have to pull the previous day's records. But I wonder what the average person would do in that scenario? In fact, I wonder what the average Apostolic would do? Think "lucky me!" and ignore it? Well, hats off to Charles for taking the high road. I hope I am a Charles.
posted by Lee Ann @ 11:15 PM
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