Civic Honesty Around the Globe (2019) [pdf]
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Civic Honesty Around the Globe (2019) [pdf]
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#2Why 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)
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Re: Civic Honesty Around the Globe (2019) [pdf]
#4Why 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/117938…
I can here to post the same. It literally happened to us in Japan. My wife left her purse with a lot of cash, credit cards, and her passport at a cafe. She was panicking while I reassured her it’s going to be returned. Sure enough after our long walk back, the store clerk recognized us immediately and gave us the purse. Everything was there.
Re: Civic Honesty Around the Globe (2019) [pdf]
#5As an American, that's a pretty embarrassing, if not unexpected, result.
Re: Civic Honesty Around the Globe (2019) [pdf]
#6Why 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/117938…
This has been studied and the results comparing Tokyo and NYC are directionally what you'd expect: