Case Summary: What Would You Do?

What Would You Do?
Lindsey Tyler
2 June 2015
Grantham University

What Would You Do?
It is essential to make an honest effort to understand the, “What Would You Do”, situation to distinguish the facts from opinion. It requires the ability to recognize a decision or issue as an ethical decision or issue. In certain situations, issue identification becomes the first step and determining the facts becomes the second step. In this scenario as the person initially finding the iPod, after class the student should take the iPod to the campus lost and found with the hopes that the person who lost it will look there to locate their lost iPod. The scenario suggests the student thinks really hard about whether or not they should keep

It would be best to have a clear conscious that an attempt was at least made to find the owner before keeping it. Perhaps the person might decide to keep it based on the likelihood of finding the owner, and that if they don’t keep it the next person will. Another alternative would be returning early for the next class to see who is sitting at the desk, or finding out who the previous class teach was and turning it in to them. As the friend of the person who found the iPod, the friend should encourage their friend to turn the iPod over to the campus lost and found to prevent being accused of stealing the iPod. Yet, doing the right thing does not always come naturally to everyone. Unfortunately, some people just do not have any type of guilt on their conscious, for whatever reason. As their friend, I would encourage them to do the right thing and find the owner. Not to mention, the individual who lost the IPod will most likely be looking for their property, and would appreciate someone returning

“Moral imagination is the element that distinguishes good people who make ethically responsible decisions, from good people who do not,” according to Hartman & DesJardins (2013). Not just the obvious options with regard to a particular dilemma are considered, but also the more subtle ones that might not be evident at first. In the case of discovering a lost iPod, one person might decide to keep it because they decide that the chances of discovering the true owner are slim, and that if they don’t keep it, the next person to discover it will. Another alternative could be to return early for the next class to see who is sitting at the desk. Also, they could find out who the previous class teacher was and ask that teacher for help in identifying the owner. The most helpful way to evaluate the impact of each alternative is to place oneself in the other person’s