Abc 3 Step Critical Movie Analysis
TOPIC: Analysis of Movie you have selected from those offered in the syllabus.
Watch, review and assess the ethics of
ONE
of the movies listed.
Movie1: Erin Brockovich.
This movie dramatically portrays business decisions
that pollute the soil and water. There are many ethical dilemmas in this movie.
Your assignment is to watch the movie and determine the time line for
unethical decisions. Further instructions are in Appendix C(4 Points).
Movie 2: The Big Short. This movie dramatically portrays the elements of human
greed and denial that led to the severe recession of 2008.
There are many ethical dilemmas in this movie. Your assignment is to watch the movie and determine
the time line for unethical decisions. Further instructions are in Appendix C(4Points).
Movie 3: The Help. This movie dramatically portrays the economic class divide
and servitude of African Americans in the old south. There are many ethical
dilemmas in this movie. Your assignment is to watch the movie and determine
the time line for unethical actions or decisions. Further instructions are in
Appendix C(4 points).
Movie 4: Do the Right thing. This movie dramatically portrays the economic class
divide and racism. There are many ethical dilemmas in this movie. Your
assignment is to watch the movie and determine the time line for unethical
actions or decisions. Further instructions are in Appendix C
(4 points).
After reviewing the Movie, assess the actions, ethics and situation using critical thinking as outlined. For
your Business Ethics course, you will review, assess and report the ethical dilemma in real business
situations. All these movies are dramatizations of real life.
The movie analysis assignment requires you to select a movie from those listed in the syllabus. Then do
several things.
1.
Watch the selected movie
2. Note where and when the ethical breeches occurred. What where they and when did they
happen. When evaluating a business case from an ethical perspective it is important to note
when an unethical breech occurred. What was it and when is important in relationship to other
unethical acts. For example, in the movie Erin Brockivich, the first unethical decision was to use
a known cancer producing agent C6 to line the pipe gaskets. Other unethical actions followed in
a sequence to cover up the first unethical decision.
3. Answer the three basic questions below. Please use ethical concepts to enhance your analysis.
The following assessment criteria shall be used for the case study. More importantly, this ABC 3 step
critical thinking process may help you throughout your career:
1. (A) what were the factual antecedents that preceded an ethical breach, crisis, accident, crime or poor
judgment that made the ethical dilemma(s) transparent to those outside the specific enterprise? This
paragraph should illustrate the sequence of unethical actions or decisions.
2. (B1) what behavior was highly unethical? I expect you to describe a singular breach of ethical conduct.
(B2) What behaviors followed the initial breach of ethics? In other words, did one ethical breach
motivate or inspire more ethical breaches? For this portion of your case study, please utilize ethical
terms such as justice, fairness, welfare, freedom and virtue. Do not just list them in a sentence. Use the
word and then describe how the word clarifies the situations. For example if you refer to JUSTICE what is
out of balance between personal freedom and welfare or equality of society?
3. (C) What was the outcomes or consequences? Consider both short term and long term, financial,
reputation, relationships, image and/ or trust. Report if the cultural, social and legal landscapes have
changed for the better or worse based on this case.
This case study should be 1 to 1.5 pages. Answer each of the 3 questions (ABC). The majority of your
writing should address question 2, behaviors. What did the executives decide to do? The layout is single
spaced paragraph(s) for each of the 3 steps. Use the Movie
and other articles.
Cite your sources.