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A Dollar game in class where students in class spent a dollar each to buy flashcard. Some of the flashcards are blank and few of them have dollar signs on them which was randomly distributed amongst the students in class. In order to receive the jackpot of $8 you need to have a flashcard with dollar sign on it and a student with a dollar sign flashcard must make a deal with at least one student with a blank card. I was in tricky situation personally as I got blank flashcard and have to make deal with someone with flashcard having dollar sign in order to recover my dollar I spent. Since, it was so many people dealing with the limited traders (students) having dollar sign flashcards, I wasn’t able to made any sort of negotiation so I technically ended the exercise as a “loser” since I did not earn my dollar back.
It is not fair for anyone to have power just out of the luck. Hence, I believe that considering the ethical implication of the activity in class was not fair because, some people just happen to get power randomly without the basis of any …show more content…
So, it is important to glance at the aspects of human nature in this class activity as well. I personally experienced the nature of morally neutral in this particular game as the matter of the fact that most of the students did not willingly made profit thinking someone would loss a dollar at the end of the activity. By merely following the instructions given by instructor, everyone was trying to do their given job and get their dollar back, some ended up being “winner” or “loser”. But, in order to meet up the expectations, conflict of interest was also observed amongst students who were trying to make negotiations and try to earn their money back without thinking about the equal distribution which resulted in some students losing their dollar and some making more than what they
Write up #1
A Dollar game in class where students in class spent a dollar each to buy flashcard. Some of the flashcards are blank and few of them have dollar signs on them which was randomly distributed amongst the students in class. In order to receive the jackpot of $8 you need to have a flashcard with dollar sign on it and a student with a dollar sign flashcard must make a deal with at least one student with a blank card. I was in tricky situation personally as I got blank flashcard and have to make deal with someone with flashcard having dollar sign in order to recover my dollar I spent. Since, it was so many people dealing with the limited traders (students) having dollar sign flashcards, I wasn’t able to made any sort of negotiation so I technically ended the exercise as a “loser” since I did not earn my dollar back.
It is not fair for anyone to have power just out of the luck. Hence, I believe that considering the ethical implication of the activity in class was not fair because, some people just happen to get power randomly without the basis of any …show more content…
So, it is important to glance at the aspects of human nature in this class activity as well. I personally experienced the nature of morally neutral in this particular game as the matter of the fact that most of the students did not willingly made profit thinking someone would loss a dollar at the end of the activity. By merely following the instructions given by instructor, everyone was trying to do their given job and get their dollar back, some ended up being “winner” or “loser”. But, in order to meet up the expectations, conflict of interest was also observed amongst students who were trying to make negotiations and try to earn their money back without thinking about the equal distribution which resulted in some students losing their dollar and some making more than what they