Movie Project

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BAD 2853 Business Ethics

Movie Review Project

Everyone will watch and review a Business Ethics related movie. The approved movies for this

project include the following:

1. Wall Street (1987) 2. A Civil Action

3. Blood Diamond 4. Boiler Room

5. Hoffia 6. Hudsucker Proxy

7. All the President’s Men 8. Glengarry Glen Ross

9. Quiz Show 10. The Company Men

11. Erin Brockovich 12. Too Big To Fail

13. Truman Show 14. Jerry Maguire

15. Enron: The Smartest Guys in The Room 16. Michael Clayton

17. Silkwood 18. The Insider

19. The Firm 20. Philadelphia

21. Flash of Genius 22. The Rainmaker

23. Runaway Jury 24. The Big Short

25. The Accountant 26. A Christmas Carol

27. Draft Day 28. The Social Network

29. North Country 30. Insomnia (2002)

31. Margin Call (2011) 32. Arbitrage

33. The China Syndrome 34. Deep Impact

35. Outbreak 36. Minority Report

Please email me if you have another Business Ethics related movie that you would like to use for

this project. I will research the movie and let you know if the movie will be acceptable for this

project. If you select a movie not on this list and do not receive approval, you will receive a zero

for the project.

Paper Outline: This is a paper so the project submission is a paper (not in outline form).

I. Cover Page (6 points) a. Your name and BAD 2853 Business Ethics (2 points) b. Date and Semester Online (2 points) c. Name of your selected movie (2 points)

II. Body of Paper (94 points) a. Name of movie (4 points) b. Year of release (4 points) c. Director (4 points) d. Main actors/actresses, characters played, and character role in the movie. (12

points)

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For example, in the movie The Pelican Brief, Julia Roberts plays Darby

Shaw. Darby Shaw is a law student in New Orleans who writes a brief

about her theory on recent assassinations. Darby is also having an affair

with one of her law school professors.

e. Brief overview of movie (at least 12 sentences). (20 points)

The overview is in your own words, after you have watched the movie

several times. If you submit an overview or summary of a movie from the

Internet or any other source, you would be given a zero for this project. This project is not difficult and should be somewhat entertaining. You are

watching a movie, writing about it, doing some research and receiving a

grade for all your work.

f. Facts - Describe briefly the facts of the case the movie is about (see g below). (10 points)

g. Issues - Describe the significant ethical issues that this movie brought up. (Remember that facts are not the same as ethical issues. For example, in the

movie Erin Brockovich, the townspeople are plagued by numerous medical

issues- one of the facts of the movie. One of the ethical issues of the movie was

why the company that was responsible for the ground water contamination,

acted in such a manner as displayed in the movie. (10 points)

h. Discuss how the significant ethical issues from part g relate to the coursework this semester. At minimum, you should include the following in your

discussion: (10 points)

 Ethical/unethical behavior

 Ethical decision making process

 Suggestions i. * Start using the Internet here* Find a recent event (within the last two

years) that discusses the ethical issue (s) that you identified in part g and

summarize the event. Include the following: (10 points)

 Title, Author and copyright year of the book used for reference

 Or website citation (Wikipedia is NOT a reputable site!)

 Summarize what the reference says

 Include the source on a works cited page

 Copy or scan sources and attach to the project (after the Works Cited Page)

j. Describe in your own words what you think about this particular ethical issue. (10 points)

k. Works Cited Page (must be submitted to be graded) l. Sources

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Format: The paper needs to be at least three complete typed pages (not including the cover

page). Format is double spaced, Times New Roman font, 12-point font size, top and bottom

margins should be 1.0 inch, and left and right margins should be 1.00 inch (do this under Layout

in Microsoft Word). Your sources should be copied and pasted, including citation, after your

Works Cited page or uploaded as a separate document/file (s). Any project submitted without

sources will receive a zero.