Case study:
Jodie owns an estate-sales business. He is helping a woman sort and sell her deceased sister's house hold items. Poking around an old fireplace, he finds a couple of old tackle boxes. When he looks inside onf oe them, he cannot believe his eyes. Wrapped in foil are rolls of $100 bills - a total of $82,000 in cash! Jodie is alone in the room. What should he do? Quietly take the box or tell his client that he found the money?

Jodie's dilemma highlights one of the characteristics that set us apart from brute beasts. A hungry dog finding a piece of meat on a picnic table would hardly ponder whether it should eat the morsel. Jodie, though, has the capacity for weighing the morality of his decision. If he keeps the cash, he is stealing, but it is unlikely that he will be caught. The money does not belong to him; yet, his client hat no idea that it exist. Besides, most people in Jodie's community would think him foolish if he gave the cash to his client.

What would you do in Jodie's situation? The way you answer that question will depend on the code of ethics that you have chosen to live by.

It is one thing to know what is right; it is quite another to have the moral strength to do what is right.

Care to share your view?