Cash Reward

Imagine the scenario pictured above: You find a cellphone and return it to the owner. The owner then tries to give you some money to express his thanks. What do you do? Should you accept the cash reward for doing the right thing? Or does that cheapen the good deed? Have you ever been in a situation similar to this one? If so, what did you do and why? Yes, I have been in a situation like this with a 50 dollar bill. I saw when the lady dropped it. She looked like she was looking for something in her bag, So I decided to run and pick it up. I ran towards the lady and tapped her shoulder and said " Ma'am you dropped this when you was looking for something in your bag". She looked at me and smiled and said " oh thank you I didn't see it fall but thank you". I said your welcome and left. She called me back and tried giving me the money she dropped but I decided not to take it.

You find a cellphone and return it to the owner. The owner then tries to give you some money to express his thanks. What do you do? Should you accept the cash reward for doing the right thing? Or does that cheapen the good deed?Have you ever been in a situation similar to this one? If so, what did you do and why? Not to along ago, my mother and I went for shopping and found a brand new Iphone 11x pro in the restroom. We didn't know what to do but one thing I know about my mom is that she would never take other people's money or belongings. So I decide it to walk out with her phone and return back to the owner. She was very happy to get her phone back and tried to give us some money for turn her phone back. Obviously, my Mom and I didn't take the money because that's not who we are. We are not doing good things for money. Money is not worth it over making people happy.

If i found a new hi-tech smartphone, i will keep it!! Of course, i ‘m kidding. I believe that, for most of us, our cellphones are very important, we have almost everything there (contacts, toDo lists, photos e.t.c ). My first thought would be to check if it has enough battery and the second to find a way to return it. I don’t want cash reward for this gesture. This is something obvious for me. ‘Put yourself in someone else’s place, and see how it feels!’, this is my motto in life. If i had lost my cellphone and someone returned it to me, i would be very thankful and i will give him a symbolic gift like a box of chocolates..

It happened to me once , a couple of years ago. I found an I phone and I returned it to its owner. I didn’t think to accept any reward. I don’t think that someone should accept cash for returning something that non belongs to him. If a friend of you for example , have forgotten something in your house he should give you reward? For me is exactly the same ! I think it’s a little bit embarrassing accepting money for a reason like that.

To be honest, I don’t believe that this scenario can raise many moral/ethical discussions. Also, I want to avoid the cliché phrases like: “Of course I wouldn’t accept the money”, “If you accept the money reward is not a good deed anymore” or “Not everything in this world can be valued with money”. Because, as a matter of fact, almost everything in our world can be expressed with money. That’s why we invent the money in the first place. To be able to universally express the value of products and services. Identifying these general truths about how our world is working, you should NOT accept the money reward for such an act.

I never missed or found anything and returned it, but if I found something and returned it to its owner I would not accept any rewards. I belive that when you do a good acts you not expect reward for it. You do it because you think it is right to help someone and you feel well with yourself. The best reward you can get for your acts is the "thank you" and the relief in the face of the person to whom you are returning the lost thing

I have returned things I found, including keys, cash and jewelry and never accepted any reward. That being said, it never cost me anything to do so. If there had been expense involved, I might have accepted reimbursement. I lost my cellphone years ago, called my number and the person who found it, answered. Perhaps, foolishly I went by myself to his house to retrieve. All ended well and I brought him a box of Godiva chocolates as thanks.

Finding something that doesn't belong to you and giving it back to his owner it is a gesture of kindness and for me it is also self-evident. Nowadays money is everythig but the truth is that isn't. Accepting money for doing the right thing diminish the power of fulfillment that we feel when we are doing something selflessly. And excactly how much money worths a good will? I can understand that the owner who has lost his cellphone in this scenario would like to say thank you but why he or she should express a feeling so powerfull as thank you through money? Wouldn't be better to offer some time instead of money and know better the person that make the good deed? A sincere thank you,or a big smile of gratefulness is the best way to give back.

Why not accept when a person is willingly giving you the cash as a thanks for what you did? If I was being offered to receive money for my good deeds then I would however if I saw a poster that says something like “whoever has my phone give it back to me and I’ll pay you $1000” then I think that’s wrong, that is just straight up greedy. If I saw the poster I would just give back the phone and not get the cash to protect myself from getting bad habits. I would also not get the money if I see the person needs the money or is hesitant to give me the money then I wouldn’t take it. If I had child I would teach him to not be greedy and teach him to read other people’s emotions so that he could do the right thing. I think some of my friends need treatment because they would constantly ask for a cash reward for something they did which is just horribly wrong and just makes me furious and angry when I think about it! I think we all needs to be kind to each other and only get what you deserve to make the world a happier and more fun place.

I do not think you should accept cash rewards for doing good deeds because that counters the purpose of doing the good deed. You shouldn’t do a good deed to get money or to make you feel good about yourself, but rather to help someone else in need. As it says in the article, “You weren’t obliged to take the trouble to get the phone back to its owner yourself.” Good deeds are not required, which is what makes them acts of kindness. No one forces you to perform a good deed, it has to come from your own character, which is why these acts of kindness do not need a reward. People who perform acts of kindness do so because they want to help others, not because they want to feel better about themselves or bring attention to themselves. A good deed can be anything from holding the door for someone to returning someone’s lost wallet. I hold the door for people everyday and I don’t expect anything in return or even really think anything of it. I’ve volunteered to pack meals for people and sing to people at nursing homes, not because I have to do it for required hours, but because I want to help people in need. All of these acts seem like common sense to me, but many people only volunteer or do things that will benefit others if they are required to or if it benefits them in some way as well. If you are only doing a good deed because you expect to get money in return, that completely takes away the morality of doing the good deed in the first place.

Expecting a cash reward for a simple deed such as finding a lost wallet or cellphone and returning it seems selfish, and self centered. Good deeds should not be done solely because you expect something in return. If they are, then I have to ask: Is it truly a good deed? Would you have returned said phone or wallet if you knew you would leave empty handed? I hope the readers would answer yes. I myself have never been offered a cash reward for returning something, but I think if I was I'd deny it. I dont need to be paid for doing something any good person would do.

The idea of giving a cash reward for a good deed, like returning a lost cell phone, can be a good thing and a bad thing. It could be a way of really showing your appreciation, which is why it might be hard to turn down. But, anonymity is one of the most important factors of a good deed. Not all good deeds should have rewards, because it becomes more of a job if you are payed for it. Cash rewards also entice people to do good deeds, which isn’t necessarily a negative thing, but good deeds should be done out of will, and not done solely for the reward. Conclusively, If you want more people to do good deeds, then a cash reward is probably the answer, but if you want more people to do good things out of their own kindness, then a reward is probably a bad idea.

Lately our society has become more selfish and lazy. We have reserved ourselves for doing nothing other than taking care of just ourselves. Some people believe going out out of their way to help others is an untimely inconvenience. Due to that reluctance to provide assistance to simple tasks, those seeking the help have resorted to none other than offering rewards. I personally believe that receiving rewards in exchange for doing the common good is a sad excuse from our society. Doing the right thing out of the kindness of our hearts should be the first instinctual reason to act upon. Only helping someone because of the reward is a degrading act that personally, would make me feel guilty. Helping someone simply because you can is all the reward you should ever need.

Years ago I accidently left a pair of cheap sunglasses behind at a touristy place in Beijing. Hours later I was sitting in a restaurant when the manager and other staff surrounded me at my table. Someone translated that a person had found my sunglasses and followed me there. I hadn't noticed them missing. (This was Beijing!) That person handed me the sunglasses and I thanked them. But when I returned to my dinner, I noticed the crowd still at standing behind me at the table. Then it occurred to me that I was expected to give a cash reward. The restaurant manager gave me a glance of disapproval when I went to hand over a few Yuan. He nodded at the 100 Yuan note I eventually gave. That was roughly $15 USD for a $5-$7 pair of sunglasses. I NEVER expect to receive a cash reward for finding something someone lost or misplaced. I found and returned an iPhone last year. The grateful owner was adamant about shoving a $20 bill at me. I placed it in a donation box for a historical house capital campaign. I look at it this way, If I saw a phone, sunglasses or wallet drop from someone's bag/jacket etc. I'd stop and tell them without expecting a reward. I shouldn't expect one if I find it moments after the fact.

Accepting the cash reward would teach me that I should only do a good deed for money. When an action has a monetary value on it, the action is hardly ever done out of the pureness in our hearts, it’s done to get money. I personally would not accept the reward. I shouldn’t be paid for doing the right thing. Many times my parents or siblings will ask me to do something for them in exchange for some money, but they’re all little favors that shouldn’t be done for money. I don’t usually take the money.

This person returned the cell phone to its owner without expecting a reward. The gesture was an act of kindness, but the person who got their phone back wanted to express their gratitude by giving a reward. I don't see anything wrong with accepting the money since the person who returned the phone did not expect a reward in the first place, and the person who got their phone back is offering the reward out of their own free will.

I think that cash should never be accepted as a reward for a good deed. If somebody accepts cash, then it implies that to some level, they were expecting a reimbursement. The idea of a good deed is that they do something that will have no benefit for them at all, only for other people. If you are expecting reimbursement, then it is not really a good deed. Many people may insist that they give you money in exchange for the the thing that you just did, and they often face internal issues with that. They may feel bad for not giving back, and that the thing that somebody did for them was a selfish move of the recipient. That is typically the reason why they offer the cash. However, if the person doing the deed turns it down, it shows the recipient that the person doing the deed had entirely selfless intents, and it usually makes the recipient not feel remorseful in the long run.

Good deeds alone make people feel good without getting a reward in turn. While a reward is often offered, you should not be motivated to do the deed for the reward and should not expect one. However, if a reward is offered it is your decision whether or not to take it. The person offering the money could be upset if you don't take the reward as they feel that they are further expressing their gratitude. While the idea of getting money for your deed may not have been your motive, it is not wrong to accept it. It is also not wrong to tell the person that you don't want a reward for the deed and you simply did it because you wanted to and the fact that you've helped someone is enough.

I personally, think that it is up to the person to decide if it is necessary to give the reward. I do not think it is necessary because it was simply the right thing to do. They did not do anything extra to deserve the money they were just being humane. Besides, we should not be living in a society where the only reason for doing the right thing is knowing that you will get a prize at the end.