A woman died recently, after a short, unhappy life. She wanted her ashes to be scattered in the ocean near a place she lived during one of the brief happy times of her adult life. Her parents and immediate family had already passed away, so she discussed her wishes with her mother-in-law, who said she would comply with her daughter-in-law's wishes. In her will, the woman gave control of her estate to the mother-in-law. The will stated that the woman's ashes should be scattered in the ocean, as described above. Instead, her mother-in-law buried the ashes in a family plot near her home, because she wanted to keep the ashes close to her because of her own grief.
Assume that the mother-in-law is legally required to follow the wishes stated in the will, but that no one will check and it is very unlikely that the mother-in-law will have any problem with the law. What are the issues of integrity, ethics and law posed in the case study? What options does the mother-in-law have, and what should she do and why?
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Answer:
Some people don't have integrity and can't keep their word, the mother-in-law should fulfill the last rights of her daughter-in-law.
Explanation:
The options the mother-in-law has are that she can either keep the ashes or scatter them in the ocean. She should scatter them in the ocean because she said she would and she should keep her word. It is also, legally, the right thing to do because that is what is written in her daughter-in-law's will.
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