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Civic Honesty Around the Globe (2019) [pdf]

by cwaffles on 5/9/24, 1:47 PM with 4 comments

  • by bumbledraven on 5/9/24, 2:15 PM

    Why isn't Japan on the chart? I'd expect the wallets to be returned there almost 100% of the time.

    Here's a quote from patio11 to illustrate my point:

    > [Japan] is a place where I could take my daughter to lost-and-found to ask about an acorn, knowing that someone would return an acorn, knowing that someone would clearly expect a lost acorn to be returned and therefore ask.

    Source: https://x.com/patio11/status/1179388295479996418 (Oct 2, 2019)

  • by bwanab on 5/9/24, 4:05 PM

    As an American, that's a pretty embarrassing, if not unexpected, result.