(1) There may be any number of reasons: personal, political, pecuniary .(2) After all, it's just a piece of metal suspended by a machine-made ribbon with no jewels or special pecuniary value.(3) It will cover pecuniary and non-pecuniary damage to hotel and restaurant guests, customers and visitors.(4) The pecuniary advantage lost by the dependant need not be merely financial.(5) Under capitalism, the motives guiding decisions are pecuniary , not personal, selfish, not social.