Business Ethics Through Movies: A Case Study Approach

  Movies can be a powerful teaching tool in Business Ethics. Theactions of characters in films compellingly portray the ethicalquandaries and moral decision–making that play out in the modernworkplace. But what can Salmon Fishing in Yemen tell usabout the recent European horsemeat scandal? Or GroundhogDay teach us about a Dunkin Donuts ad campaign? Business Ethics Through Movies: A Case Study Approach examines a wide range of ethical dilemmas, principles and moralreasoning that arise in contemporary business through a series ofpopular films and real–world case studies. Whether through the actions of a whistleblower like Jeffrey Wigandfrom The Insider or the morally suspect behavior of WallStreet s Gordon Gekko, chapters reveal surprisingparallels between movies and actual cases in businessethics ethical issues relating to corporate decision–making,the workplace, employer/employee conflicts, customer concerns,product safety controversies, the role of technology, theenvironment, human rights, justice, and more. The first unit looks at integrity, greed, and the impact oftechnology, followed by the second unit s coverage of themajor ethical theories. The concluding unit three addressespressing problems that put our moral reasoning skills to thetest such as pay inequities, workplace violence, harassmentand bullying, and environmental disasters. Innovative andthought–provoking, Business Ethics Through Movies: A Case StudyApproach offers a wealth of illuminating insights into keyissues surrounding the field of Business Ethics

Wanda Teays is Professor of Philosophy and Ethics at Mount SaintMary s University in Los Angeles, where she is also Chair ofthe Philosophy Department. She is the author or editor of numerousbooks and articles on ethics, global justice, and criticalreasoning, including Seeing the Light: Exploring Ethics ThroughMovies; Global Bioethics and Human Rights: Contemporary Issues;Bioethics, Justice and Health Care; and Second Thoughts: CriticalThinking for a Diverse Society.