Following each story are 12 statements or questions. Your task after reading the story is to rate each statement in terms of its importance in making a decision. After rating each statement, select the four most important statements and rank them from one to four in the spaces provided. Each statement should be ranked in terms of its relative importance in making a decision. Some statements will raise important issues, but you should ask yourself whether the decision should rest on that issue.
Some statements sound high and lofty but are largely gibberish.
All responses will be kept in absolute confidence. The Escaped Prisoner A man had been sent to prison for 10 years. After one year, however, he escaped from prison, moved to a new area of the country, and took on the name of Thompson. For eight years he worked hard, and gradually he saved enough money to buy his own business. He was fair to his customers, gave his employees top wages, and gave most of his own profits to charity.