How Ethical Am I?

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Would you say you’re a good person with a strong sense of integrity? Or do you live by more of a dog-eat-dog philosophy?

This short quiz will test your ethics to see what motivates your decision-making and how honest of a person you really are! Hit “start quiz” to begin!

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Questions Overview

1. When I’m in conflict with someone, my goal is to:
  1. Win the argument (and make them feel bad for even trying to disagree with me).
  2. Win the argument.
  3. Find a compromise that we can both live with.
  4. Understand and respect their point of view—then go from there.
2. Say you find a wallet on the ground with $300, credit cards, and a business card with the owner’s contact info on it. What do you do?
  1. Keep it all.
  2. Leave the wallet where it is and keep walking.
  3. Contact the owner—but ask if there’s a reward.
  4. Contact the owner—but don’t ask if there’s a reward.
3. You notice someone who’s really nice (and who often gets made fun of) has spinach in their teeth. What do you do?
  1. Make fun of them loudly, so others join in too.
  2. Laugh to yourself about it quietly. What a dork!
  3. Mind your own business and don’t say anything.
  4. Quietly pull them aside to tell them.
4. You notice someone mean (who you don’t like) has spinach in their teeth. Now what do you do?
  1. Make fun of them—they deserve it!
  2. Laugh to yourself and a few friends, but don’t make a big deal out of it.
  3. Ignore it. It’s none of your business either way.
  4. Quietly pull them aside to tell them in secret.
5. How true is this statement? Most people lie from time to time.
  1. Totally true.
  2. Mostly true.
  3. Somewhat true.
  4. Not true at all.
6. You’re having a big backyard party when your neighbor stops over and requests that you turn the music down. What do you do?
  1. Tell her it’s a free country and you’ll keep the music up.
  2. Turn it down—then turn it back up again once she’s gone.
  3. Apologize and turn it down.
  4. Turn it down—and invite your neighbor to stay for the party.
7. True or false: “I am motivated by wanting to do what’s best for everyone.”
  1. Definitely false. I’m motivated by what’s best for me.
  2. Mainly false. I put my needs first, but I consider other people’s needs.
  3. Mainly true. I think of others first, but I won’t totally sacrifice my own needs.
  4. Definitely true. I almost never think of myself.
8. Your friend’s been going through a tough time at home, and they forgot to study for a big test. They ask if they could copy your answers. What do you do?
  1. Say, “No way. I’m not getting in trouble for this. That’s your problem.”
  2. Nothing—you pretend you don’t hear them.
  3. Say, “Sure thing. I know you’re going through a rough time.”
  4. Say, “Sorry, I wish I could, but it’s not right.”
9. Your grandmother sends you a birthday card with $20 in it. As you walk down the street, a person who seems hard-up approaches and asks for spare change. What do you do?
  1. Tell them, “Get away from me! It’s your fault you’re in this position.”
  2. Ignore them.
  3. Say, “I’m sorry, I can’t.”
  4. Smile and give them some of my money.
10. You get caught in a storm while camping. Your tent is up, but you see a stranger still setting theirs up—and they’re getting drenched. What do you do?
  1. Nothing. Not my problem.
  2. Pretend I don’t see them.
  3. Wait until it stops raining, then offer to help them pitch their tent.
  4. Help them pitch their tent, even if it means I get wet.
11. You’re leaving the mall. You see someone start to drive off, but they’ve forgotten a bag in their cart. You:
  1. Wait until they leave, then take their bag.
  2. Pretend you didn’t see anything.
  3. Take the bag into the store they bought it from and let the cashier deal with it.
  4. Quickly run up to the car before it leaves and tell them they forgot their bag.
12. You signed up to volunteer at the blood drive, but on the morning of, you’re pretty tired and wish you could skip it. What do you do?
  1. I’d never be in this situation because I never sign up to volunteer for anything.
  2. Bail on the blood drive. There will be others—and I’m really sleepy.
  3. See if I can reschedule my shift for later in the day.
  4. Go to the blood drive on time, as I said I would.

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What’s the difference between “ethics” and “morals”?

“Ethics” and “morals” are pretty similar, and some people use the terms interchangeably, but there are actually subtle differences between them. While “morals” refers to your own unique sense of right and wrong, “ethics” refers to the established rules of a group or community.

You might think of ethics as being more about social conventions and regulations, while morals are more natural and personal—in fact, some studies suggest our sense of morality starts in our infancy, while we develop a sense of ethics as we go through life. In other words, while both morality and ethics are somewhat fluid and subjective, morality is more based on internal feelings about right and wrong, while ethics is based on a group’s or community’s consensus of respectful, mutually beneficial behavior.

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