The Ultimate Ethics Quiz

Ethics are the foundation of any good civilization. Virtues like The Golden Rule should be the base of everyones' lives and daily actions, but, unfortunately, it is not. There are good upstanding citizens and people who seriously need to stop and check their morals meter.

Are you an ethical person? Take this quiz of possible everyday scenarios and find out if you are an upstanding citizen or a person in need of a virtue fill-up.

1. What is your age?
Under 18 Years Old
18 to 24 Years Old
25 to 30 Years Old
31 to 40 Years Old
41 to 50 Years Old
51 to 60 Years Old
Over 60 Years Old
2. What is your gender?
Male
Female
3. While walking along a residential sidewalk, you spot a wallet. Inside is $500, a gift card worth $100, credit and debit card, and a piece of paper with the owner's name, address, and phone number on it. What do you do?
Call the number and arrange for the wallet's return
Pocket the wallet and keep it
Throw the wallet back on the ground and walk away
4. You exit the grocery store after buying $100 worth of groceries. You look at the receipt and notice that the cashier gave you $3 too much change. What do you do?
Pocket the change without thought
Return the change to the cashier
5. You need to withdraw money from your bank account, so you go to an ATM. The machine makes a huge error and spits out $1000 by mistake. What do you do?
Keep the money
Go to the bank and return the money
Stuff the money back into the machine and act like it never happened
6. You are in the parking lot of a grocery store. You notice a couple loading their groceries into their car. You see them getting into their car, leaving a 24-pack of soda on the bottom of the basket. What do you do?
Approach the car before they pull away and tell them that they left their soda in the basket
Steal the soda
Carry the soda back into the store and tell the employees
Leave the soda there without doing anything
7. While in school, you notice a frequently-bullied classmate with a piece of broccoli in his teeth. What do you do?
Start laughing; encourage others to join in
Kindly tell him
Ignore it
8. You are in your social studies class. The teacher announces a class project, and asks students to pair up. You notice the kind, shy outcast being shunned. What do you do?
Ignore him and pair with your friend
Pair with him
Ask the teacher for an exemption and do a group with he and your friend
9. The day after your laptop stops working, you're caught in a riot. You notice that an electronics store is being looted. What do you do?
Go inside and grab a laptop
Wait and buy one later
10. Walking through the hallway at school, you notice a small crowd. When you approach the crowd, you see three bigger students tormenting a helpless smaller student. The smaller student is being held up against a locker, being robbed of money and belongings, yelled and laughed at, and suffering greatly. The crowd has joined in. What do you do?
Go in and stand up to the bullies and crowd
Join in
Ignore the situation
Tell a staff member
11. You are listening to music one morning when you get a call (or a door visit) from a neighbor. The neighbor asks that you turn down the music so that he/she can read in peace and enjoy his/her backyard. What do you do?
Apologize; turn it down to a reasonable level
Turn it down, then turn it back up a few minutes later
"Screw you! If it's too loud, you're too old!"
12. You put 50 cents into a soda machine and press the button for a soda. Two sodas tumble out. What do you do?
Give the soda to a passer-by
Go to a nearby staff member of the establishment where you are and report the error
Keep the soda and drink it

1. What is your age?

Under 18 Years Old

18 to 24 Years Old

25 to 30 Years Old

31 to 40 Years Old

41 to 50 Years Old

51 to 60 Years Old

Over 60 Years Old

2. What is your gender?

Male

Female

3. While walking along a residential sidewalk, you spot a wallet. Inside is $500, a gift card worth $100, credit and debit card, and a piece of paper with the owner's name, address, and phone number on it. What do you do?

Call the number and arrange for the wallet's return

Pocket the wallet and keep it

Throw the wallet back on the ground and walk away

4. You exit the grocery store after buying $100 worth of groceries. You look at the receipt and notice that the cashier gave you $3 too much change. What do you do?

Pocket the change without thought

Return the change to the cashier

5. You need to withdraw money from your bank account, so you go to an ATM. The machine makes a huge error and spits out $1000 by mistake. What do you do?

Keep the money

Go to the bank and return the money

Stuff the money back into the machine and act like it never happened

6. You are in the parking lot of a grocery store. You notice a couple loading their groceries into their car. You see them getting into their car, leaving a 24-pack of soda on the bottom of the basket. What do you do?

Approach the car before they pull away and tell them that they left their soda in the basket

Steal the soda

Carry the soda back into the store and tell the employees

Leave the soda there without doing anything

7. While in school, you notice a frequently-bullied classmate with a piece of broccoli in his teeth. What do you do?

Start laughing; encourage others to join in

Kindly tell him

Ignore it

8. You are in your social studies class. The teacher announces a class project, and asks students to pair up. You notice the kind, shy outcast being shunned. What do you do?

Ignore him and pair with your friend

Pair with him

Ask the teacher for an exemption and do a group with he and your friend

9. The day after your laptop stops working, you're caught in a riot. You notice that an electronics store is being looted. What do you do?

Go inside and grab a laptop

Wait and buy one later

10. Walking through the hallway at school, you notice a small crowd. When you approach the crowd, you see three bigger students tormenting a helpless smaller student. The smaller student is being held up against a locker, being robbed of money and belongings, yelled and laughed at, and suffering greatly. The crowd has joined in. What do you do?

Go in and stand up to the bullies and crowd

Join in

Ignore the situation

Tell a staff member

11. You are listening to music one morning when you get a call (or a door visit) from a neighbor. The neighbor asks that you turn down the music so that he/she can read in peace and enjoy his/her backyard. What do you do?

Apologize; turn it down to a reasonable level

Turn it down, then turn it back up a few minutes later

"Screw you! If it's too loud, you're too old!"

12. You put 50 cents into a soda machine and press the button for a soda. Two sodas tumble out. What do you do?

Give the soda to a passer-by

Go to a nearby staff member of the establishment where you are and report the error

Keep the soda and drink it

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