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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Competent Erin Brockovich’s CharacteristicsThe main character in the movie Erin Brockovich is an easy going woman who seems tobe very competent in communication. This paper will discuss three characteristics that a competent communicator‚ such as Erin Brockovich possesses. I will also explain specific scenes where she demonstrated the following characteristics: self-monitoring‚ empathy‚ and commitment; commonly known as denominators that characterize effective communication. The first characteristic
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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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Erin Brockovich: Movie Review I. Car Accident There is negligence in the part of the doctor. He beat the red light which resulted in an accident‚ heating Erin’s car. An obligation arises from quasi-delict since there is no contract but there is damage. II. Masry and Erin (Court trial) There is incidental fraud in the part of Ed Masry. A contract started between him and Erin. But after the trial‚ Ed started to ignore Erin by not returning her phone calls. III. Masry and Erin (Work) Ed Masry
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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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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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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 Personal Injury‚ Traumatic Brain Injury‚ Product Liability and other types of Class Action matters throughout the country. While doing her clerical duties‚ Erin Brockovich
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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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