Ipod Was Left Behind By A Fellow Student

Today could be your lucky day. You are sitting in class and find that an iPod was left behind by a fellow student. Being that it is an ethics class you decide to engage what you have been learning. The first thing you must determine are the facts of the situation. Why did they leave it behind, is it broken? Was it your friend that left it behind? Do I need this? What if you were the friend of the person who found the iPod and decided to keep it? How much trouble can my friend get into if I tell? Will she share it with me? Can I live with myself if I say nothing? Finally What if you were on the judicial board member? Was it left on purpose to trap someone? Was it her intention to keep it and not report? What are the regulations of lost items?

Did the student find it, put it in his bag for safe keeping until he could report it to the proper authorities and then get side tracked and forgets about it? Or maybe he knows who left it behind and was holding on to it until he saw the rightful owner. But in the meantime since it was in is possession he was listening to the music. Is it that the student just happens to be a scatter brained good Samaritan or was he truly stealing it? Who are the stakeholders that are being affected by this ethical dilemma? The true owner of the iPod who is now without an iPod. We must consider your friend who is now faced with an etihcal decision of her own. The judicial board members who are having to examine the ethical consequences of the scenario. There is your professor who will now be asking herself if you are also cheating in your class. How is this going to impact those who are looking up to as a mentor learn how to make their own ethical decisions. YOU , now your reputation is on the