Hasan
Almarzoogi
section: CEU
ID: H00234765
My Personal Experience
I’m going to
tell you about my personal experience in a situation that happened to me last
year. I had gone to my company main office (GASCO) to ask for a salary advance,
it was a rough time in my life where I had spent all my money for the month. So
I asked for a check of 5000 dirhams, and I was granted the check. Later on that
day I went to the bank to cash the check, I told the teller to give it all in
500’s and the last 500 in 100’s, instead of giving me 5000 dirhams he gave me
50,000 dirhams in an envelope. I took the envelope and left the bank in tears
and asked myself what I did to deserve this large amount of money. So I called
a couple of my friends and told them about what happened and asked them what
should I do? Keep the money or stay quiet, some said keep it spend it and be
happy, and some told me to take it back. This all happened on a Thursday right
before the weekend. I thought to myself if I kept the money I’d be happy for a
short time at what cost? The teller would lose his job and be sent to jail, so
I took sometime time to think about it. I took a very hard decision and told
myself I will take the money back, it didn't feel right to keep the money so I
went back to the bank and gave the money back, inside of me felt happy and relieved.
If I hadn't done that I would have gotten in trouble with my company first and
second the authorities and I didn't want that to happen, so I did what I judged
to be right. After analyzing what I have written here I’d say it mostly would
compare with Kohlberg’s level 3 (post-conventional) of moral reasoning. Looking
back on the situation that I was in last year if it were to happen to me again
I would return the money without hesitation it’s the right thing to do.
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