Scene to read · Ethics, Communication
Next month, quietly
You pay into a household budget that your retired mother runs.
Everyone's share is worked out in a spreadsheet she keeps. In the basement laundry room, Nour, your younger sister, turns her laptop toward you: the edit history shows your older sister, Dorothy, lowering her own entries for three months. Dorothy has just come down with a laundry basket.
The scene
Nour: Three months, Dorothy. About four hundred dollars that Mom covered without knowing.
Dorothy: My hours got cut. I'll put it all back next month, quietly, I swear.
Nour: You said next month in March. Mom should know where her pension's going.
Dorothy: She'd be crushed. Let me fix it first. What are you going to do?
The two questions
- 1What would you do, and what would you say to Dorothy and Nour?
- 2When is it right to give someone the chance to correct a wrong themselves, and when should others be told?
What raters look for
- Ethics
- Weighs competing duties honestly, protects people from harm, and stays accountable to rules and values.
- Communication
- Listens first, speaks clearly and respectfully, and adapts the message to the listener.
Answer scenarios like this on the real timers
Answer both questions on the clock, and get each one scored 1–9 the way raters score. Your first set is free, no card.
Practice free
