I witnessed a situation where my friend throwed litter on the ground. In this situation it is important for me to know my values and stand for what I find the most crucial. A value that is crucial for is compassion for the planet and the animals that live here. When my friend throws harmful garbage in the nature, all I can think about is the wales and fishes that ends up eating it and end up in their stomach. 

Another value that is central in my life is sympathy for other humans. When she throws litter in the nature, and do not clean up after herself, other people end up tidying after her. All the school kids that clean the beaches and does and amazing job every year, just because people don’t bother cleaning after themselves.   

To bring up the issue in our friendship I would start by stating my personal opinion about the situation, as well as tell her the consequences of her action. I´d say something like "When you throw your litter on the ground, who will clean it up? Should it lay there and wait until it disappears? If so, it will end up in the ocean and fishes eat it, and at the end it ends up in your food when you eat the fish."  

After I have explained her why she shouldn’t throw it in the nature, rather than in a trash can, I hope she understands my values and respect for the nature and climate change. If not, I will have to listen to myself and my personal values and consider to end the relationship.  

There are of course several other factors that are in play here—such as your own financial situation compared to the owner of the wallet. You know, who needs the money the most?  If the wallet belonged to like a zillionaire, I would definitely just take the wallet because the owner doesn’t really NEED it. But if it belonged to a sweet 74 year old grandma, I wouldn’t have the heart to take it. In that case, my morality would get the better of me.

What I’m trying to say is that there is no definite right solution to this problem. It all depends on which factors are in play. Mostly about your situation compared to the owner’s.

The first value that comes to mind is acceptance. You have to accept others meanings and understand that they may have a different point of view on the topic than you or your friends have.

The second value that we can think of is tolerance. Tolerance is very important and even more important in friendships. You need to be able to tolerance that people have different opinions and that you can’t always agree on things. This is almost the same as acceptance.

For us acceptance and tolerance are very important in this topic. You need to understand and accept that everyone has different opinions and meanings, and that you can’t change people's opinions to fit your own.

We would approach the heated discussion by requesting them to continue the discussion, but more calmly. They have freedom of speech, so they are allowed to express their feelings and meaning. However, the discussion must be calm for it to be efficient. They also need to remember that social media is a public space that everyone has access to.

By: Albert and Karin

but we believe that the situation would have been different if a poor man found the same wallet. then their values are different, and the most important thing for them is to survive and not to think about whether someone else finds something they have lost.

Secondly, I value a trustworthy society. For that reason, I should return the wallet to fulfill my responsibilities in our society. By doing this I also keep my integrity, which I dearly value.

On the others side, economics is an important material value. If I where to find the wallet of someone super rich and kept it, it would not affect the person to the same degree as If I were to find the wallet of someone poor. Additionally, I would have to consider my own economic situation. If I were extremely poor, I would value the economics over empathy and trustworthiness any day.

In conclusion, how I choose to approach the issue of a lost wallet, comes down to my own economic situation. The value of economics comes before all the other values. However, if I were to have enough money, my choice would come down to empathy, integrity and responsibility.

Several values comes to play when finding a wallet, containing identification. The few values we think are important is. Responsibility to return the wallet to its rightful owner and taking the appropriate action. Also respect, do you have enough respect for your self to know that this person wallet, has the person worked for, while you just walk on the street and take the money which you have not worked for. Are you responsible enough to give back the money. The amount of money also contributes to your actions, if there was 10 dollars alone, in the wallet. I would personally look around and see if anyone has lost something or just keep it myself. The scenario would change if it was around 50 dollars, because this is a reasonable amount of money to return, and it effects your conscience.
We believe that everyone should control their actions, and whenever they get the chance to return a lost wallet or anything lost, they should immediately do the effort of returning it to the owner. 

Written by Marius and Hanna

One could think that it’s “the survival of the fittest”, and that it would be reasonable to take the money and put food on the table for me and/or my family. But if I chose to steal the money, it would go against my morals such as respect, honesty and loyalty, and then I wouldn’t be able to look at myself in the mirror that day. What if the wallet was a single mother, or some student who can’t afford rent. Or what if it was a rich man who caught you in the act of taking the money, then you’re screwed. You’re not sure if the money should be in yours or their pocket, and that chance isn’t worth taking. At the same time if I was the one missing my wallet, I would really appreciate and expect to get the the wallet back. 

At the point I pick up the wallet, all the cards are in my hand. So, what I decide to do will truly show who I am.  

Its important to think what you wanted others to do if you were the one who lost the wallet. The responsibility you have to give the wallet back shows what a person you are, and what values that are important to you. 

Scenario 1: You find a wallet on the street containing identification and a significant amount of money. What values might come into play when deciding what to do with the wallet?

We value accountability so taking someone else’s possession is wrong. It would affect my consciousness and self-esteem if I picked the wallet up and did not return it to the right person.

When deciding what to do with a wallet found on the street, some other core values for example honesty, empathy, respect, and responsibility comes into play. These values can lead a person to return the wallet to its owner instead of keeping it themselves.

So, we would return it back, because we want other to do same if we lost something of great value.