I've also used a scenario from an older Plotnik IRM. It concerns a captain in Korea who is faced with a dilemma. A bridge must be blown up, and in order to get the job done, whoever does it will die. The captain must decide whom to choose to blow up the bridge. His choices are: himself (but then there would be no one to lead his soldiers), a man who is a good soldier but is dying of some unspecified cause, and a man who is a good soldier but is disliked intensely by the other men because he steals and causes fights. Whom should he choose and why?
And here's from the current Plotnik IRM. Students might identify well with it, since it concerns the cost of a textbook: "Rick is a new student in college.He is the first one in his family ever to have the privilege to go. He is very poor and can hardly pay his tuition and living expenses. Rick must take Biology, but he went to the book store and found out that the book costs $200.00 The bookstore owner is an old man who probably makes a decent living because he has the only bookstore in town. He talks to the bookstore owner so that he can possibly go on a payment plan. The bookstore owner refuses, and says that he'd better find a way to pay for the book. Rick talks to his professor, and the professor says Rick really does need to find a way to pay for the book. The next day Rick goes to the bookstore and no one is around. He is really tempted to steal the book. Should he do it? Why or why not?" Beth Benoit University System of New Hampshire --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
