Life Skills | REASON Chart REASON Chart Recognize the problem. State the problem to be solved. List factors about the context of the problem that will influence the solution. Identify desired ends for this problem. Evaluate information needed to solve the problem. List factual information about this problem. What is important in this situation (value information)? Identify criteria that you will use to decide the best way to solve this problem. Analyze choices and consequences. Choices Consequences -- Positive and Negative 1. 2. 3. Select the best choice. My choice Does it meet my criteria for best choice? Is it best for all involved? Is it workable for the situation? Is this choice based on adequate, reliable information? Outline and implement a plan of action. Actions (If applicable, set a completion date.) Note the results of your actions. *This should be done after the fact. List reasons why your choice was or was not best for self and others. List what you learned from solving this problem. 2016 K12 Ine._All rinhts reserved Pane 1 nf 2 Select the best choice. My choice -1 would choose a combination: | would ask my coworker why she was taking the money. | would tell her to put it back and that if it happened again, | would have to tell my boss. Does it meet my criteria for best choice? -Yes, | would have shown honesty and respect, and both my coworker and | would still have our jobs. Is it best for all involved? - Yes, | think so. The store did not lose money, and my coworker and | still have our jobs. Is it workable for the situation? -Yes, | think it is. If there are video cameras, my coworker might have to confess to the boss what happened, or | would have to. Is this choice based on adequate, reliable information? -If | ask my coworker about the money, | could assess whether or not there was stealing going on. | think | would want to know the law regarding this kind of activity. Would | be criminally liable if she did it again? This would be information | might gather before making a decision. | think this would be based on adequate, reliable information. Outline and implement a plan of action. Actions (if applicable, set a completion date) - Talk to my coworker, ask her about the money. - Tell her to put it back or face the consequences. -If she puts it back, continue on as usual. Talk to my coworker about her financial situation. See if there's any advice | could give her or any way | could help out. -If she doesn't put the money back, set up a meeting with the boss the next day. Note the results of your actions. *This should be done after the fact. List reasons why your choice was or was not best for self and others. List what you learned from solving this problem. .I've learned from reasoning through this problem that practical problems have a lot of \"gray\" areas. If | were really in this situation, | think my solution would be hard for me to do. | am not a confrontational person, so | think it would be hard to talk to someone who just stole some money. It would be very uncomfortable. However, after | have done it, | wonder if it would seem easier to do again in other tough situations. Life Skills | REASON Chart REASON Chart Recognize the problem. State the problem to be solved. -What should | do about my situation at work? | caught a coworker taking money from a register drawer while we were closing one night. List factors about the context of the problem that will influence the solution. - Factors about the context include: my manager was not there, she is having trouble making ends meet, she is my coworker (not a subordinate or a position higher than mine), and she took money Identify desired ends for this problem. - | would like to keep my job. | would like for my coworker to keep her job. | would like for my coworker to quite stealing. Evaluate information needed to solve the problem. List factual information about this problem. -Money was taken. How much? Was it stolen or is there some other explanation? What is important in this situation (value information)? - | value honesty, the law, and respect (for myself and my coworker). Identify criteria that you will use to decide the best way to solve this problem. - My criteria for \"best choice\" will be whether or not | have followed my values and whether or not my coworker and | have kept our jobs. Analyze choices and consequences. Choices Consequences 1. Tell my boss the next day. Negative- My coworker will most likely be mad at me. Negative- IF the money was stolen, my coworker will probably lose her job. Paositive- | will not be liable once the money is found to be gone. Positive- My boss will trust me. 2. Ask my coworker about the money. Positive- | can find out why my coworker is taking the money. Megative- | will have to decide what to do about it. 3. Tell my coworker to put the money back and tell MNegative- My coworker will most lose her job. my:boss the.next day: Positive- My boss will trust me. 4. Tell my coworker to put the money back. Tell her Positive- My coworker will keep her job, Kichappera siain; | wilial my boss, Negative- | take the risk of my boss finding out about the first situation. 5. Ignore what | saw. Negative- | will be aiding a robbery. Negative- | will risk my job and my coworker's job if | she is caught. Megative- | will not stop the underlying problem of my cowarker stealing