Business Ethics Through Movies - A Case Study Approach

Teays introduces students to foundational ethical reasoning and case-specific business ethics as seen in movies from the classics through the latest streaming hits. The second edition includes new featured movies throughout and a new chapter on journalism ethics featuring Shattered Glass, Spotlight, and Control Room.

List of contents

Introduction to the Text
Part 1 Moral Navigation: Business Ethics and Society
1.1 Tools for the Journey
Case Study: A Hijacking
Spotlight: The Corporation
Ethics Code: Apple
1.2 The Moral Compass: Business Ethics and Society
Spotlight: Up in the Air
Case Study: The Poisoned Painkiller
Spotlight: Michael Clayton
Ethics Code: Johnson & Johnson
1.3 Show Me the Money: Greed Is Not Good
Spotlight: Wall Street
Spotlight: Big Men
Case Study 1:Costco's Tainted Berries
Case Study 2: Listeria in Milkshakes
Case Study 3: Lead in Children's Applesauce
Spotlight: Outsourced
Ethics Code: Costco
1.4 Talk To Me: The Impact of Technology
Spotlight: Her
Spotlight: The Social Dilemma
Case Study 1: Edward Snowden and the NSA
Spotlight: The Net and Disconnect
Case Study 2: Target's Data Breach
Case Study 3: Target and Online Tracking
Ethics Code: Yahoo!
1.5 All the News Fit to Print: Journalistic Ethics
Spotlight: Shattered Glass
Case Study 1: Stephen Glass
Case Study 2: Fox News and Election Lies
Spotlight: Spotlight
Spotlight: Control Room
Ethics Code: NPR (National Public Radio)

Part 2 Moral Leadership: Ethical Theory
2.1 Aerial Surveillance: Ethical Theory
Spotlight: The Insider
2.2 The Ends Justify the Means: Teleological Ethics
Spotlight: Contagion
Case Study: The Ford Pinto
Ethics Code: Ford Motor Company
2.3 Duties Rule: Deontological Ethics
Spotlight: The Armstrong Lie
Spotlight: Quiz Show
Case Study 1: Beech-Nut Apple Juice
Case Study 2: Minute Maid Lemonade
Spotlight: Food, Inc.
Case Study 3: Salmonella in Foster Farms' Chickens
Ethics Code: Dole Foods

2.4 Moral Character: Virtue Ethics
Spotlight: Erin Brockovich
Spotlight: Roger & Me
Spotlight: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Spotlight: Food, Inc.
Case Study 1: Practices of the Pork Industry
Case Study 2: The European Horsemeat Scandal
Case Study 3: Kellogg's and Michael Phelps
Ethics Code: Kellogg's "K" Values
2.5 The Caring Community: Feminist Ethics
Spotlight: The Company Men.
Spotlight: The Biggest Little Farm
Case Study: Film Recovery Systems, Inc.
Spotlight: Erin Brockovich
Ethics Code: Microsoft

Part 3 Moral Reflection: Thorny Questions
3.1 Finding the Balance: Environmental Disasters
Spotlight: Civil Action
Case Study 1: W.R. Grace Co.
Case Study 2: West Virginia Chemical Spill
Spotlight: Local Hero
Case Study 3: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Case Study 4: Deepwater Horizon
Case Study 5: Maui Fire of 2023
Ethics Code: British Petroleum
3.2 Going Postal: Workplace Violence
Spotlight: John Q
Case Study 1: Flash Mob Thefts
Case Study 2: Gunman at LAX
Case Study 3: The Montreal Massacre
Spotlight: Polytechnique
Spotlight: Murder by Proxy: America Goes Postal
Ethics Code: Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)
3.3 Stand By Me: Workplace Inequities
Spotlight: Made in Dagenham
Spotlight: Matewan
Case Study 1: United Auto Workers Strike of 2023
Case Study 2: A Living Wage at H&M
Case Study 3: H&M and Child Labor
Case Study 4: Marriage Equality
Ethics Code: H&M
3.4 Enough Already: Workplace Harassment
Spotlight: North Country
Case Study 1: Lois E. Jenson vs. Eveleth Taconite Co.
Spotlight: Athlete A
Spotlight: The Invisible War
Case Study 2: Bullying in the NFL
Spotlight: Disconnect
Ethics Code: The New York Times
3.5 Working for Change: Global Justice and Human Rights
Spotlight: Sleep Dealer
Case Study 1: Child Labor
Case Study 2: The Bangladesh Sweatshop Collapse
Spotlight: Darwin's Nightmare
Case Study 3: Pfizer's Meningitis Studies in Nigeria
Spotlight: Fires of Kuwait
Case Study 4: Dunkin' Donuts Ad Campaign
Ethics Code: Dunkin' Donuts
3.6 Transformation: The Art of Personal Power
Spotlight: Groundhog Day
Spotlight: Invictus
Case Study: Kudumbashree's Work Skills Program
Ethics Code: The Coca-Cola Company
Appendix 1. Films Discussed in this Book
Appendix 2. Cases Discussed in this Book
Appendix 3. Ethics Codes Discussed in this Book

About the author

By Wanda Teays

Product details

• Authors: Wanda Teays, Teays Wanda
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.08.2024
• EAN: 9781538194430
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9443-0
• No. of pages: 362
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Ethics, Business ethics & social responsibility, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Business ethics and social responsibility, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism