Ethical Code of Conduct: Group Erin Brockovich ------------------------------------------------- Team Objective Our group has the task of watching and ethically analyzing the movie Erin Brockovich using a powerpoint presentation. Three ethical theories need to be used‚ explained and directly linked back to the movie in our 30 minute presentation. From these three theories‚ three separate resolutions need to be presented for consideration. Our group needs to include outside research while discussing
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In the film Erin Brockovich‚ a poor single-mother‚ Erin‚ begs for a job as a secretary. When she gets interested in a family’s medical problems‚ she uncovers a huge cover-up from a company who knowingly contaminated the town’s water. As she digs deeper‚ Erin finds herself leading her law firm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history. Research on audiences suggests that social positions affect interpretations. It acts as a central mediator of the interpretive process
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Erin Brockovich Submitted by: Alger Morrison Prepared for: Dr. Margaret Hopkins College of Business and Innovation The University of Toledo November 8‚ 2012 Often times‚ it takes a moment of adversity for the true leader inside someone to come to life. When nothing in life seemed to go right‚ Erin Brockovich‚ a struggling single mother of two‚ thought life had gotten the best of her. With her back against the wall‚ Brockovich’s only
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Introduction Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation is one of the leading corporation in the energy industry. This is done so through one of its holding companies‚ Pacific Gas and Electric Company or better known as PG&E. PG&E’s is the primary subsidiary for the corporation that provides customers with utility services and other energy generated services along with electricity‚ natural gas transmission‚ and the distribution of electricity. The primary area of operation of the company is the United
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Luis Christian R. Rodriguez VI – 15 -2 IV – St. Mary Mr. Arnold De Guzman Compare and Contrast Music and Noise. Music waves have a regular pattern while those of noise are random and irregular. Noise lacks a pleasing quality‚ definite pitch‚ rhythm and pattern while music produces a pleasing sound and has an interesting beat. Music is the art of arranging and combining sounds in order to create a harmonious melody while
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Erin Brockovich‚ a 2000 Jersy Film Production‚ staring Julia Roberts is based on a true story that involved Pacific Gas and Electric Company using hexavalent chromium or chromium six as a rust inhibitor to prevent corrosion of pistons used in engines. According to the movie‚ for fourteen years‚ the Pacific Gas and Electric Company had been dumping water containing chromium six into ponds and covering them over. The ponds were not lined and the chromium based water leaked into the local water supply
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Introduction Erin Brockovich is a movie that dramatizes the story of Erin Brockovich’s legal fight against the energy giant Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E). The film is directed by Steven Soderbergh and actress Julia Roberts plays the lead role for which she subsequently won the Academy Award for Best Actress.The movie brings into light the events Erin Brockovich went through in her life in the 1990’s‚ from being an unemployed single mother‚ to filing litigation against PG&E‚ and winning a huge
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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 focus‚ but they also represent clients with Catastrophic
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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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Movie Analysis of Erin Brockovich After viewing the film I realized that Erin’s public self was pretty much the same as her private self. The reasoning behind this is .that she treated Ed‚ her boss in the same manner as she treated George‚ her boyfriend. Erin didn’t take crap from anybody but at times she did let her aggressions take over. Most of the time these hostilities would lead her in contempt‚ but in the long run usually worked out for the best. I will admit‚ it was a good way to get her
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