03-26-2006, 01:10 AM
iaJim Wrote:
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> You can't get out of guilt without a little pain.
I appreciate all the comments, and I suppose to some extent this could be a bit about guilt, but at the same time when it comes down to it, she deserves the money more than I do. The other ethical option is to tell the people that paid me that I didn't work on the project as much as I had expected, and to take the money back. This is probably the most honest option, but the thing is that they wouldn't be in any position whatsoever to offer her the money (it's an entirely different bureaucracy), and I figure that since they're paying me and someone else did more work, I might as well give it to that person instead. Call me Robin Hood.
As for what to do, I'll mull the option to give it to her openly, but I know she'd feel terrible about taking it, and that's one piece I'd rather she didn't have to deal with. I think she'd be flattered that someone would give it to her anonymously, and she'd probably feel okay about it.
-Tofer
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> You can't get out of guilt without a little pain.
I appreciate all the comments, and I suppose to some extent this could be a bit about guilt, but at the same time when it comes down to it, she deserves the money more than I do. The other ethical option is to tell the people that paid me that I didn't work on the project as much as I had expected, and to take the money back. This is probably the most honest option, but the thing is that they wouldn't be in any position whatsoever to offer her the money (it's an entirely different bureaucracy), and I figure that since they're paying me and someone else did more work, I might as well give it to that person instead. Call me Robin Hood.
As for what to do, I'll mull the option to give it to her openly, but I know she'd feel terrible about taking it, and that's one piece I'd rather she didn't have to deal with. I think she'd be flattered that someone would give it to her anonymously, and she'd probably feel okay about it.
-Tofer