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?

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kalau aku yang jadi Jodie, aku akan memberikan uang itu ke client nya. Kalau memang sdh rejekinya si Jodie, pasti juga client nya itu akan membagikan sebagian uang itu kepada Jodie.

Tapi andai kata dia tdk kebagian sepeser uang itu pun, kalau aku yang jadi Jodie, aku tetap akan merasa puas karena itu berarti aku sdh mengalahkan diriku sendiri dengan melakukan apa yang menurutku benar. Mengalahkan diri sendiri adalah hal yang paling susah untuk dilakukan dalam hidup

Jadi apabila aku melakukan sesuatu yg aku anggap itu benar...walaupun hal itu berat dan menyakitkan buat aku...aku menganggap itu sebagai suatu kemenangan. Aku tidak peduli akan masyarakat yang akan bilang aku tolol krn mengembalikan uang sebanyak itu. I do what I want to do, what I think is the right thing to do!

btw...aku pernah mengalami kasus mirip spt itu pd thn 2000, (serupa tapi tak sama). Dan aku mengembalikan uang itu kepada boss ku! some people said I was so stupid. But I just did what I thought was right. Dan kemudian uang itu akhirnya diberikan ke aku juga, after a long process.
Jadinya yah...aku percaya kejujuran itu membuahkan hasil...walau tidak instant dan prosesnya tidak mudah. Dan yep...si mantan boss itu sampai skg selalu ingat sama aku dan dia sgt menghargai kejujuranku. Anytime aku mau cari kerja atau cari peluang bisnis, aku tinggal pick up the phone, talk to him and meet him...and I will get the job or business opportunity

If I were Jodie, I would return the money to my client.
Why would I do that?
Am I insane? Nope. No one would deny $82,000 is quite a lot of money. However, in business there is something that has value more than money itself; it is called “trust”. Of course, when I return the money, I do hope something in return. I hope my clients will open their eyes, and see me as the person who they should go to in business. They will see me as a reliable person who will never cheat on them. I believe it is worth more than $82,000.
Ok, my answer is not about what is right or wrong. It is more like what’s the best for me. Not the best for me now (of course the best for me now is taking the money and invest/spend/or whatever “it”). In the end, I am only a hypocrite who expects something bigger in return through an “investment”

ToOn99 menulis:
If I were Jodie, I would return the money to my client.
Why would I do that?
Am I insane? Nope. No one would deny $82,000 is quite a lot of money. However, in business there is something that has value more than money itself; it is called ?trust?. Of course, when I return the money, I do hope something in return. I hope my clients will open their eyes, and see me as the person who they should go to in business. They will see me as a reliable person who will never cheat on them. I believe it is worth more than $82,000.
Ok, my answer is not about what is right or wrong. It is more like what?s the best for me. Not the best for me now (of course the best for me now is taking the money and invest/spend/or whatever ?it?). In the end, I am only a hypocrite who expects something bigger in return through an ?investment?

and also..I don't think you are being a hypocrite. everybody wants to do something in return. Come on..nothing free in this world. Even saints do something in return.. (they expect to get their reward in heaven, etc)

well... good deeds, honesty, etc...they are all 'investment' also

gimana kalo dibalikin $2,000 sisanya $80,000 dikantongin? toh clientnya ga akan tau. malah dikira jujur.

unless itu jebakan clientnya sengaja taroh duitnya disitu buat test. ahahaha mampus lah.

Ayo sapa orang pertama sing berani ngaku jadi embezzler!!!! Ayo ngaku ngaku!

if i hadn't read the article before me, i would took that money.

cause i've already read your guys humble opinion, i decide to return the money.... ^_^

I would took the money and donate it to the Red Cross Society

if there were $1 million , without second thought, I'll take it.

if there were $ 1 million, I would tell the client that I found $ 80,000 and gave the money to him/her.
I would take $ 100,000 and donated the money to churchs, orphan houses, etc. (to wash my sin away???? )
and the rest $ 820,000 would be mine :evillaugh: