My friend says my ethics are flawed because I don't agree with her.. What's your ethical opinion? She loan her grocery store discount card to other person and the other person won a gift while using the card. The other person had to sign as my friend name since she was using her card. My friend feel that the gift is hers not the other person who she allowed to use her card and who made the actual purchase. Who do you ethically believe the gift belong to?
2006-10-21 10:27:25 · 23 answers · asked by curioustill 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
The prize was an iPod. But, it was understood that the only reason the person asked to use the card was because my friend had said that she had been luck all week. Also, my friend made too but did not win with her purchase.
2006-10-21 10:51:16 · update #1
Why do ethics come into it, your friend has already shown she has none by loaning the card out in the first place.
She has also defrauded the store.
In my opinion the prize belongs to NEITHER OF THEM as it was fraudulently obtained.
2006-10-21 10:32:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋
Well, your grammar is atrocious, but I think I can grasp the concept of your question. The prize belongs, ethically and legally, to the owner of the card. The person using the card would not have had access to it otherwise. Plus the fact they FORGED the person's signature! So, sorry, but I agree with your friend....your "ethics" are flawed.
2006-10-21 18:00:50 · answer #2 · answered by Rembrandt11 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In my opinion the gift should go to the friend who loaned the discount card as a thank you. The friend did a nice thing in letting this friend use her discount card. If she didn't than this person wouldn't have won a prize in the first place.
2006-10-21 17:36:38 · answer #3 · answered by butterflykisses427 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Proper etiquette dictates that the person who used the card offer the prize to the person the card belongs to. However, if the person who owns the card wants to do the right thing, they will not accept the prize and will let the person who actually made the purchase keep it.
2006-10-21 17:39:35 · answer #4 · answered by Writer of Truth 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
See what you get for defrauding and lying to the store?? And when whomever "signed" your name is guilty also of forgery, which is IN EVERY STATE A FELONY. BTW, when the store sends its copy of the release of the "won" merchandise, the IRS is notified, and if it's under $600, GUESS WHO'S LIABLE TO PAY THE INCOME TAX ON THAT MERCHANDISE?? That's right, YOU. And the IRS will come after you until you pay the tax of the aforementioned "gift". Ethics, my dear seem to be part of your vocabulary, although you have NO idea what the word means. Look it up and then start applying it correctly to your life.
What you and your friends did was wrong.......Period......
2006-10-21 19:04:17 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The person who owns the discount card gets the gift.
2006-10-22 07:27:03 · answer #6 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what the underlying question really is.
If this is a question of etiquette, then "Writer of Truth" has nailed the answer.
If this is a question of ethics, then "Christopher K." has nailed both of you, and rightly so. The card was intended for use by the registered owner. To deceive the store was and is unethical. Depending on the rules of the give-away promotion, may result in forfeiture of the prize.
2006-10-21 19:22:25 · answer #7 · answered by mikemckewl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She loaned you the card (a favor). Without it you would have paid more AND there would not have been a chance at any prize.
I think her winning a prize would be you returning the favor (at least).
Also, the prize obviously is meant for the person signing, which even though forged, was the card holder.
If I were the card owner, next time I would NOT lend the card. Simple.
2006-10-21 17:33:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
If the friend loaned her the discount card for the sole purpose of trying to win the contest, then the friend should forfeit her "right" to the ipod. She loaned the card out for the express purpose of the other person trying to win. If I bought a lottery ticket for someone, I wouldn't expect them to give me the money if they won. With that said, if the card holder is bitter about it, the friend should do something nice to express her gratitude.
2006-10-21 21:26:20 · answer #9 · answered by elizabeth_ashley44 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Should never have happened, however that aside, would the person who lent the card have expected to pay any additional costs associated with the purchase if that should somehow have occurred? The gift was not reliant on use of the card.
It would be a friendly thing to do to offer some recompense to the card owner in thanks though.
2006-10-22 00:59:07 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the prize belongs to the person who owns the card
2006-10-22 07:58:22 · answer #11 · answered by Classy Granny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋