Tomas Ignoffo Health Zellner 11/21/2013 Tues/Thurs 9:30 Erin Brockovich I have to start this out by saying that Julia Roberts is one of my favorite female actors around today. This particular movie that she is in‚ Erin Brockovich‚ is when Julia Roberts was in her prime Erin has been divorced twice and is a gorgeous mother of three in her thirties. Erin starts out jobless and in a very messy court case the resulted from an unclear car accident. The accident put her $17‚000 in debt due to her
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Ethical Challenges in Business: A Historical Event worth Examination The movie Erin Brockovich is based on actual events involving corporate business knowingly endangering the health of local residents and the environment. This factual event is a great example of capitalism on steroids with no empathy for who are what is destroyed on their path for wealth. The events that unfold show the degenerative break down of ethical values through the business format of Pacific Gas and Electric. PG&E
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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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of. There are many types of different discoveries you can make such as physical‚ historical‚ emotional‚ random‚ personal and accidental discoveries. “Martin and The Hand Grenade” by John Foulcher‚ “Looking for Alibrandi” by Melina Marchetta and “Erin Brochovich” directed by Steven Soderberghall all endure the theme discovery in many different forms. Through these three texts it shoes that discoveries can affect our vision of the world and this is evident to the responder‚ therefore I do agree
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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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WRITING A BOOK / FILM REVIEW Reviews are brief accounts of books‚ films‚ plays‚ CDs‚ etc. Their purpose is to inform readers and viewers‚ while also giving opinions and recommendations about whether or not they should buy a CD‚ read a book‚ watch a film‚ etc. A good film / book review should include: ( An introduction which gives facts and background information concerning the book‚ film‚ etc‚ its credits. Some good examples of them are the following: Credits: • Title and year
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if‚ “he who has the most money wins”. I feel like these citizens are concerned for something that could be permanent but the people who “could” do something about it think they’ll worry about it when it happens. This story reminds me of the Erin Brockovich movie. The details are eerily similar. Problem of 6443: Taxation of water withdrawal from water wells. The amendment reversed said taxation and allowed for water to be removed and only in specific circumstances would fees be addressed.
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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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sprayed contaminated wastewater into the air. After the water dried‚ soil-containing chrome 6 was free to blow in the wind where it could be inhaled by living things.These cases of many people couldn’t have been unheard and that’s when Erin Brokovich came into the story. Erin became wealthy and a very good lawyer soon after winning the case of Hinkley vs PG&E. the alleged chromium 6 was the main palying role in the case. Chromium is a member of the heavy metal group of iron‚ lead‚ mercury‚ and arsenic
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There are four exceptions that can void an employer’s ability to fire an employee on an “at will” basis‚ which are statutory exception‚ contract exception‚ public policy exception and tort exception. The first exception that supports Elaine is statutory exception. Federal labor laws prohibit employers from discharging employee members of labor unions in violation of labor laws or collective bargaining agreements. Title VII and other
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