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The Great Scruples Challenge

Americans consider themselves to be ethical - that confronted with temptations they would "do the right thing." But most people are cynical about what other people would do. A CBS News poll posed a series of ethical dilemmas and asked the public what they would do and what they thought others would do.Very few people would admit they might deliberately make a false insurance claim or take towels from a hotel. However, the public was most likely to admit to setting aside ethical concerns if that would help a friend. Half would infringe copyrights to give a friend a copy of a CD, and one in three would say nothing about a friend's false disability claim. What would you do in these situations and what do you think others would do in the same situations? SELF OTHERS Tape a CD for a friend 51% 78% Not report a co-worker who falsely claims disability 35% 55% Misrepresent child's age to get cheap movie tickets 28% 60% Pretend to be ill and call in sick to work 14% 56% Take "free" money from an ATM 13% 55% Take hotel towels 11% 61% Make a false insurance claim 5% 42% WHO ADMITS TO BEING UNETHICAL? Trending News Familiarity with a situation may increase people's likelihood to imagine themselves cheating. For example, 28% of the public said they would lie about a child's age in order to get cheaper tickets at the movies. However, among those who actually have a child in their household, 37% admitted they would buy the cheaper ticket. But among those without children in the household, only 22% imagined they would lie about the child's age. There is a correlation between people's ethical choices and their age. In scenario after scenario the younger adults were most likely to say they would take the less ethical path. 19% of Generation X said they might take hotel towels but only 5% of those over 45 said they might do the same. Younger adults are also more cynical about what other people would do. Three-quarters of the 18-29 year olds thought most people might take towels but only 4 out of 10 of those over age 64 thought soPolitical philosophy also affects how people reacted to the different scenarios. In the situation where a friend asks for a tape of a CD, 64% of liberals said they would make the copies, compared to 45% of conservatives.PERCEPTION OF OTHERSCynicism is flourishing in the US - about 6 out of 10 Americans expect that most people would do the unethical thing in each of the scenarios we presented. However, factors such as social class affect these perceptions greatly.WHY DO PEOPLE CHEAT?Stealing Hotel Towels 25% of people say the main reason that people would steal the towels is because it's so easy to get away with it. 10% cited the love of getting something for nothing and another 10% guessed the price of the room or insurance already covers the cost of the towels.Lying about a child's age11% admit that they would lie about a child's age in order to save money, while another 7% said they would because movies are just too expensiveNot reporting someone's false disability claimPeople were divided on their course of action and their motivations. 19% volunteered they would talk to their friend directly about it. 19% would stay out of it because it was the friend'business. And 14% said they would have to report it because they consider it fraud.This poll was conducted among a nation-wide random sample of 825 adults interviewed by telephone April 20-22, 1998. The error due to sampling could be plus or minus four percentage points for results based on the entire sample. Special thanks to the Great Canadian Scruples Challenge

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