←back to thread

Civic honesty around the globe

(science.sciencemag.org)
209 points ojosilva | 2 comments | 20 Jun 19 19:31 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
Show context
jeremydeanlakey ◴[20 Jun 19 20:22 UTC] No.20236944[source]▶
At first I thought it was counterintuitive.

But after self-reflection, I'm more likely to report it if it did have money.

If it had money, I'd feel an obligation to protect it and return it to the owner. If it didn't, I'd feel more like it's their problem.

replies(6): >>20236969 #>>20236974 #>>20236982 #>>20237046 #>>20238131 #>>20240188 #
1. tunesmith ◴[20 Jun 19 22:42 UTC] No.20238131[source]▶
Right, but that's you. What about your expectations of how other people would react? I'm still pleasantly surprised.

Other reactions. I wasn't suprised to see the United States right in the middle. I was surprised that Canada wasn't further up. I was surprised that Russia was ahead of Canada.

And what makes Mexico so different than every other country?

replies(1): >>20239654 #
2. jackbravo ◴[21 Jun 19 03:29 UTC] No.20239654[source]▶
I'm Mexican, and this results baffles me too. I would say that maybe current perception of government corruption (which has been declining for years and is really really low) has a lot to do, since many people might feel that Mexican society is in debt with them because of the poor perception we have against the current state of affairs.

Also I wonder if this was done in big cities like Mexico City (my guess) or more evenly distributed. I have a perception that Mexican society in general is pretty honest, but big cities are more rootless and impersonal. But this didn't seem to apply to India or other high density countries.