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Focus on Honesty Questions

Below are some questions for the focus on honesty night.

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Elementary School

  • If you accidentally spill a drink on your kitchen floor and you know your mom will be upset because she told you not to have that drink, what do you do?
  • You want to go to your friend’s house, but your mom tells you have to clean your room before you go. You tell her you cleaned it, even though you didn’t, and run over to his house. Is that ok?
  • You tell your friend that you can’t come over because you’re busy and then you call another friend and ask them over. Is that the right thing to do? Why or why not?
  • You are taking a spelling test and you don’t know how to spell the word. You look at your classmates’ paper and copy what he has. Is that the honest thing to do?
  • When your teacher left the classroom you saw someone write a bad word on the board. The teacher asks you after class if you know who did it. What do you tell her?

Middle School

  • If you found $20 in the street, what would you do?
  • Have you ever cheated on a homework assignment? What about a test?
  • You see that someone left their locker open and there is a video game inside that you really want. No one is looking…do you take it?
  • You are waiting in a long line for a carnival ride and the ride operator announces that it will be closing in a few minutes. You realize you won't get on unless you cut in line. Would you do it?
  • On the first day of classes you are happy to discover the assigned essay is on a topic you wrote a paper on last term. You print off a new copy and hand it in on the due date with a new cover page. Is this considered dishonest?

High School

  • You are frustrated about not getting the results you should during a lab experiment. You notice others at your lab table are finished and cleaning up their materials. You decide to change your lab results to the expected outcome and begin to clean up your lab area. This is OK because you know what the answers are supposed to be.
  • The check-out girl at your favorite store undercharges you for an item. Do you let her know?
  • You are supposed to include eight references in an essay assignment. You run out of time and add two articles to your bibliography that you did not use to write your paper. Is this considered dishonest?
  • You’re shopping at a department store when you accidentally knock an expensive bottle of perfume off the shelf and it shatters. You’re alone in the aisle – no one saw. What do you do?
  • You are taking a walk when you see a stray $20 bill fall from the pocket of woman walking in front of you. She doesn’t notice the fallen money. What do you do?
  • If your friend is wearing an outfit and she/he asks you for you opinion and you think it looks awful, do you say what you really think?
  • A friend tells you he's been using steroids and he wants you to promise not to tell anyone. What do you do?
  • You get out of the store and realize the cashier gave you an extra $5 in change. What do you do?
  • You are sick and see your family doctor. He provides you with a medical certificate that will excuse you from the final exam you missed. When you look at the documentation on the way to school, you notice your doctor wrote in the wrong date. You find a similar color pen and make the changes. Is that ok to do?

Adults

  • If you had access to the internet at your workplace, would you ever use it for personal reasons?
  • If your company made an error in your paycheck and gave you additional money, would you inform your supervisor?
  • If your boss complimented you on a successful project and you had nothing to do with the project, would you admit it?
  • If your boss was out of town and would not know if you took extended lunches or left early from an assigned shift, would you do it?
  • You take your 13-year-old daughter to a movie and the box office cashier assumes that she is younger and charges you for a child’s ticket which saves you $5. What do you do?
  • Have you ever taken office supplies from your job for personal use?
  • Have you ever borrowed something from somebody without their approval or knowledge?
  • You committed to helping a friend move on Sunday and on Saturday night, another friend calls you to tell you he has just won two tickets on the 50-yard line to Sunday’s big game and he wants you to join him. What do you do?
  • You caught your best friend’s husband having an affair and he asked you not to tell her. What do you do?
  • As you leave a big supermarket, you realize that the cashier has given you $10 too much in change. Would you return and give the money back?
  • You have had too much to drink at a party and suspect you are well over the legal limit. Would you still attempt to drive home?
  • The towels in your hotel bathroom are very attractive. Would you put one in your suitcase and walk away with it?
  • A friend offers you an illegal copy of an expensive computer software program for free. Would you accept it and install it on your own computer?

 

  
 
 
 
 

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