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My wife found $59.00 in cash yesterday at Wal-mart, lying on the floor. Having a very precocious 3 1/2 year along, and being the moral person she is (or tries to be), she took it to Customer Service after calling me and asking my opinion.
Got me wondering if anyone has ever done a study that examined what amount of cash people would turn in? At a low level, it's not much, so it's easy to pocket and keep perhaps. At a "moderate level," you feel too much guilt perhaps and turn it in. At a "high" level, you develop a justification perhaps for keeping it.
I also wondered if sexes differ - I think men would be more likely to keep the cash than women. And the place makes a difference - perhaps if you found the cash on the floor of a casino, you'd keep it, justifying it by saying "someone would've blown this gambling anyway!"
Any sociologists out there? See what keeps me up and night!!! (yes, i need some new hobbies)
Vote once. Comment on if you'd like to. I'll insert my opinion a bit later, not that it matters much. Really curious to see what people think. It was difficult to generate the poll options, so did best that I could.
Got me wondering if anyone has ever done a study that examined what amount of cash people would turn in? At a low level, it's not much, so it's easy to pocket and keep perhaps. At a "moderate level," you feel too much guilt perhaps and turn it in. At a "high" level, you develop a justification perhaps for keeping it.
I also wondered if sexes differ - I think men would be more likely to keep the cash than women. And the place makes a difference - perhaps if you found the cash on the floor of a casino, you'd keep it, justifying it by saying "someone would've blown this gambling anyway!"
Any sociologists out there? See what keeps me up and night!!! (yes, i need some new hobbies)
Vote once. Comment on if you'd like to. I'll insert my opinion a bit later, not that it matters much. Really curious to see what people think. It was difficult to generate the poll options, so did best that I could.