Your Online Ethics Quiz

Copyright (C) 2009 Robert S. Rosson. All rights reserved.

Welcome to Your Online Ethics Quiz. Submit your answers to The Institute for Ethics Research, insethres@morality.org.

1. Rick Pitino, prominent and successful basketball coach, admits to a one time sexual “indiscretion” six years ago. The married father of five and pro-life advocate is also said to have paid $3,000 to the woman for an alleged abortion. The President of the University of Louisville, his current employer, should:

1. Fire him immediately, but with a golden parachute.
2. Give him a raise in pay.
3. Keep him on as coach if his team gets to the final four.
4. Force him to give 100 hours of community service to Planned Parenthood.

2. The former chief financial officer of Hadassah, Sheryl Weinstein, admits in her new book to have invested heavily for the organization and for her own account with convicted fraudulent investor, Bernard Madoff. Moreover she admits to an affair with the financial wizard. She should now be forced to:

1. Apply for food stamps.
2. See Bernie regularly for conjugal visits in prison.
3. Perform 500 hours of community service for Hadassah.
4. Accept a job at A.I. G.

3. Michael Vick, recently released from prison for running a dog-fighting ring, has been signed as back-up quarterback for the Philadelphia Eagles. The Commissioner of the NFL should now:

1. Commend the Eagles for combating unemployment.
2. Permit season ticket holders to bring their dogs to Eagles’ games.
3. Make Vick do 200 hours of community service for the American Kennel Club.
4. Permit the use of pit bulls in the backfield to protect Vick from opposing linemen.

4. Sarah Palin, the recently self-deposed governor of Alaska, accused the Obama administration’s health care plan of providing for “death panels” for seniors. She should now:

1. Promise never to run for elective office again.
2. Learn that “euthanasia” is not a young persons group in China.
3. Apply for membership in the Hemlock Society.
4. Perform 150 hours of community service for the Coalition for Teen Age Abstinence.

5. Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina has confessed to an affair with a woman in Argentina, while allegedly hiking on the Appalachian Trail. He should now: 

1. Divert attention by flying the Confederate flag over the state capitol.
2. Ask President Obama to appoint him Ambassador to Argentina.
3. Join the Appalachian Mountain Club.
4. Wear an ankle bracelet with a GPS device whenever he is away from his office.

Be sure to go online next week when our quiz topic will be: “Are there any ethical challenges on Wall Street?”

Published originally in YJHM August 18, 2009