Law, Business and Society 11th Edition by Tony McAdams

Exercise 34

A group of 12 employees at a real estate office in south Florida chipped in $20 each toward the purchase of lottery tickets for a March 2013 Powerball drawing. One employee, Jennifer Maldanado, an administrative assistant who had been working in the office for only two weeks had not even received her first paycheck yet, so she declined to join the pool. The group of 12 won $1 million, which came to over $83,000 each. Laurie Finkelstein Reader, the team leader in the office, said that winning was not going to be as much fun for the group without Maldanado, so she texted the other winners, and they all agreed to give a portion (undivulged) of their winnings to Maldanado. 105
a. Morally speaking, is sharing winnings more commendable than keeping all for one­self Explain.
b. Could this real estate office operate effectively if workers shared their earnings as well as their lottery winnings Explain.
c. Morally speaking, would sharing earnings be the more commendable approach to the office's pay policies Explain.
d. Most of the office workers who shared with Maldanado were women. Do you think women are more inclined to share than men If so, are women more worthy of moral approval than are men Explain.