1. Do you think it is ever okay to break a promise? What circumstances would merit not keeping a previously made commitment?

2. If you were to put a price tag on trust how much is “trust” worth?

3. How do you test the choices that you make? One good test is the test of time. How will you feel about this choice a year from now? Five years from now?

4. Is your speech a reflection of your character? Is your speech different with your friends than it is at home? Do you have more than one language–a different language for different occasions?

5. What does “being cool” really mean to you? Does being cool

change from Middle School to High School to College?

6. What Criteria do you use to decide whether something is right or wrong? Is it just a question of whether anyone else will get hurt?

7. How important is winning? Does it really matter how we win? Do the means justify the end?

8. Do you think that these days just about everyone cheats to get what they want? What is the long term percussions of ethical shortcuts?

9. Is it okay to make fun of someone else as long as all the other kids are doing it and the person made fun of really doesn t appear to mind?

10. We all need a “moral compass.” What does this mean to you? Do you have a “moral compass?” If so, how would you describe it?

11. “Honor” is an old-fashioned word. What does it mean and has it gone out of style? One definition of honor is the ability to put morality before expediency and to do this instinctively and every time.

12. Would you choose character over conformity or comfort? Are peers opinions the only opinions that are important?

13. It’s been said problems are merely questions that need to be solved. Are problems necessarily bad? How can problems help us?

From: Gene Bedley s Better Choice Program

– Gene Bedley