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You discover your employee, a widowed father with a child fighting cancer, embezzled $20,000 for the treatment. If you report him, he goes to prison; if you cover it up by falsifying the audit, you take the fall and get fired.

ATake the fall

You falsify the audit. The child keeps getting treatment and the father stays free. You are immediately fired without severance.

BReport him

You call the police. Your job and reputation remain intact. He goes to prison and his child's treatment stops.

Sealed 2026-09-07

47%53%
Take the fall399 votesReport him

53% chose “Report him”.

What each choice meant

A · Take the fall

You took the fall. You were fired, but the child continues treatment.

The Protector — You sacrifice your own livelihood to save a broken family's future.

B · Report him

You reported him. You kept your job; he went to prison.

The Professional — The law and your own security come before other people's crises.