Bus 330 April 10 2014 Erin Brockovich Film Blog Facts‚ plot and theme Erin Brockovich is unemployed woman‚ who is divorced twice with three children‚ one of them being an infant. When Erin is injured in a car accident she decides to sue the doctor who hit her. She hires the lawyer Ed Masry to represent her in her case. Ed assures her that they will win the case. However‚ they end up losing the case. After the case Erin tries to get ahold of her lawyer upset at the loss of the case but Ed ignores
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sense‚ the allegiance of others.” This is the perfect definition of an ethical leader. Julia Roberts portrays Erin Brockovich in the self-titled movie‚ as a young woman striving for excellence for the common good of the community. She takes the road less traveled by and is not scared of a little challenge‚ she will continue her fight until things are settled and made right. Erin Brockovich is not what you’d imagine a leader to be‚ she in uneducated‚ mother of 3‚ broke‚ and twice divorced. Don’t
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Ethical Issues in Erin Brockovich Summary There are several ethical issues both personal and professional in this movie. In their first meeting‚ Donna told Erin that PG&E had paid for doctors’ visits for the whole family. However‚ PG&E was not doing this just to be nice‚ as they would have the residents believe‚ they had an ulterior motive. They sent them to specific doctors because these doctors would lie to them to cover up for PG&E. It was clear that PG&E must have paid these doctors
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Discussion Page 1 Unit 3 – Team B Discussion Assignment Managerial Ethics – MAN 5066 Page 2 Introduction This movie is based on a true story…an incident involving a massive cover-up by a conglomerate‚ Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E). Masry & Vititoe is a law firm in California representing seriously injured victims of negligence and corporate injustice and Erin Brockovich is one of their employees. They have a reputation as a leader in Environmental Tort cases‚ which a major part of their
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Ms. Brockovich did not have a paralegal education. What skills did she have to develop and hone on her own without the formal education? Erin Brockovich‚ had no formal skills whatsoever. She had to develop professional skills‚ she had to learn how to dress‚ how to present herself in a professional manner‚ and how to not be so vulgar when speaking. Which jobs or what aspects of her education do you think assisted her in developing these skills? Being that Erin was savvy enough to get a job
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ERIN BROCKOVICH (2000) Film Review This show re-lives a true story about a woman‚ Erin Brockovich‚ played by Julia Roberts and directed by Steven Soderbergh‚ of how a woman can achieve personal and professional victory by overcoming obstacles external to her and those within her. With limited skills she took on corporate world and caused compensation of US$33M to be paid out to residents of a small town in California‚ Hickley‚ as compensation for contaminated water supply. Erin‚ is an
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One film that taught me a lot about the role of women in the United States‚ was Erin Brockovich‚ which was directed by Steven Soderbergh. The film took place in California‚ where a single mom named Erin Brockovich‚ became a legal assistant in order to make money to support her family. With her new job‚ Erin stumbled upon some information regarding a California power company who had been polluting a city’s water supply. Through Erin’s confidence and charm‚ she worked very hard to take them down. This
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Ethical Issues in Erin Brockovich Erin Brockovich is in a car accident that is not her fault and hires attorney Ed Masry to defend her. He gave her the impression that she would be getting a good settlement‚ but she lost the case. She is a single mom of three‚ has no money and is unable to find a job. She blames him for losing the case (due to lack of preparation) and forces her way in to a job at his law firm. Because of the way she dresses and acts‚ nobody takes her seriously and treats her
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authentic leaders are open to both their gifts and their underdeveloped qualities. People who understand who they are then to have a more powerful voice—and to make a more profound contribution to an enterprise. (LaBarre‚ 2004) I believe that Erin Brockovich has these three qualities of leadership and is a women we should look up to as her story was turned into an inspirational motion picture that illustrates that even an ordinary human being can succeed in life if they have enough drive and willpower
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In the film Erin Brockovich‚ several different social theories can be related to the storyline of the film. Although different‚ theories from Karl Marx‚ Emile Durkheim‚ and Max Weber can all adequately describe what happens in the film. The film is about a small law firm that takes on an extremely powerful organization‚ PG & E (Pacific Gas & Electric)‚ on the account that they were knowingly polluting Hinkley‚ California’s water supply and harming the citizens. From Karl Marx‚ the film can
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