Student Questionnaire

1. You owe more taxes than you can afford. Your friend recommends you report false deductions – you won't get caught since the amounts are below the IRS automatic audit threshold. Do you go along?

2. Which of the below most closely agree with your life's purpose?

Get ahead. Prosper. Be someone!
Make a difference. Leave a legacy.
Find meaning and be happy.
Help others and please God.

3. When is it okay to be untruthful with someone?

It's okay, if it's about something that really doesn't matter.
It's okay if it‘s in a good cause.
It's okay, if telling the truth would hurt their feelings.
Never.

4. Which phrase best describes how you think you should live your life?

By the Golden Rule.
It's clear: this is a dog eat dog world, lookout for No. 1 or no one else will.
Trust, but verify.
Every situation is different and requires a different response.

5. As far as cheating goes…

Depends on what's at stake.
I've thought about it, or even done it, but it was wrong.
I'd do it if forced to in order to be successful, but prefer not to.
Everyone does it, so if you don't, they are going to win.

6. "I really am the person that I lead others to believe that I am."

As best I can be.
At times, but I want to improve.
No. But I want to be more like that person.
No, thankfully, and I want to be someone different and better.
I have no idea how people see me, nor do I really care. I am who I am.

7. You've discovered that your company has overbilled a client intentionally. Your boss says to say nothing. You're afraid that if you say anything, you'll be fired. What do you do?

Swallow hard and spills the beans, trusting that good will come of it.
Are you serious? Lose my job? Mum's the word.
It totally depends on how likely it is I will get fired.
Tell the client, & swear him to secrecy, then deny I was the leak if confronted.

8. Is honesty really the best policy?

Most of the time.
Yes, honesty spoken with care and concern for others.
It totally depends on the situation.
The best policy's whatever moves me closer to the success I want & deserve.

9. What is the ultimate source for your understanding of of what is right and what is wrong?

My instincts.
My reasoning ability and my experience in life.
God.
God, my experience in life, my instincts, and my reasoning ability.

10. A friend offers to tap you into your next-door neighbor's cable television for $25. Do you agree?

It's a tough call, and I debate it in my own mind, but in the end, I say no.
Absolutely. No one's hurt, and the cable company rips people off anyway.
I check with my neighbor 1st to make sure it won't affect his picture quality.
No, it's a form of stealing.

11. You are consultant who earns over $150,000 each year. A layoff is pending. You hear that consultants who bill under 2,000 hours this year year will be let go. It's December 31, and you are 50 hours short as you prepare your monthly report. What do you do?

Add an extra 63 hours. Gotta make it look like it's legit.
Report 1950 hours.
Report over 2,000 hours and work those extra hours in the new year.
Fire up Hotjobs.com and throw myself on the mercy of the company.

12. You're in an exclusive relationship, but someone else you are attracted to signals clearly that they want you. What do you do?

Date them both and see which one you really want.
Date the "hot" one, then break off the old relationship if the new one works out for you.
Tell the person you are dating how you feel and risk losing the relationship.
Confide in someone and seek their advice.

13. A verbal agreement…

Is just that, verbal. It's what's in writing that counts.
Is subject to interpretation and hard to remember at times.
Is the sort of agreement that is critical to keep.
Can be made in haste, so sometimes it is binding, sometimes not.

14. If you make a commitment to someone, that means that…

I'm bound by it, even if it is not in my best interest.
I'll keep it, unless reasonable circumstances force me to break it.
I'll keep it unless I was manipulated into making it in the first place.
Commitments are like warranties, they have time limits then they expire.

15. Would you cheat on someone?

Yes, if I were unhappy but not willing to hurt them or leave the relationship.
Been there, done that, but never again...it's not worth it in the end.
You bet, no doubt about it if they cheated on me.
No one is perfect, but I never have and I honestly don't think I ever would.

16. As a furniture salesperson paid on a percent of sales, you don't have enough sales this month so far to meet expenses. A customer will buy enough furniture to pay you what you need in commission if the furniture is delivered on a certain date. You know it is not possible. Do you fudge on the delivery date?

I have to. It's a matter of survival.
Yes, but I will do everything I can to get the goods delivered on time.
No, it's dishonest.
No, if I do, something will go wrong and I'll get caught.

17. How do you generally judge whether you should or should not do something if you are not clear whether it is ethical?

Fear of repercussions if something goes wrong.
If someone else gets hurt, it's wrong.
My personal code of what is moral and immoral.
If in the end, there is a greater good, it's okay.

18. A co-worker confides her idea for improving an important business practice. She leaves the company before suggesting it to management. You make the suggestion, and it works. Management wants to reward you with a large bonus. Do you?

Take the credit, but contact the co-worker and share some of the bonus.
Tell management that the original idea was not yours.
Without a second thought, take the credit and the money and run.

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