The movie is fraught with business ethics issues. The most obvious one is the attempt by the Duke Brothers to commit the federal crime of insider trading. They hire Clarence Beeks to steal a copy of the Crop Report in advance of its public release. The brothers plan to read the report and illegally use the knowledge within to make huge profits in the commodities markets. Also, the hiring and firing practices of the brothers’ firm are ethically dubious. Winthorpe has been working for them for many years and has been one of their most successful brokers. He has been extremely loyal, and literally earned them millions of dollars. For the sake of their bet, the Dukes decide to reverse Winthorpe’s fortunes. This is bad enough, but he is not fired, …show more content…
While the true reason for Winthorpe’s termination is the Duke’s bet, there is the added benefit to the firm that no unemployment benefits or other incentives will need to be paid to their former employee. They are able to fire him “for cause” and relieve themselves from numerous future financial obligations to him. At the same time, their hiring of Valentine (while it ultimately turns out to be profitable because of Valentine’s “street smarts” and practical wisdom), is not based on any search of qualified candidates. Hiring him is, in essence, nepotism. Valentine has no relevant credentials, and, in fact, has a list of prior petty criminal offenses. The Dukes fill the position vacated by Winthorpe based only on their personal interaction with Valentine, with no knowledge of his abilities or professional track record. The best business decision, and the ethically appropriate decision, would have been to terminate Winthorpe by giving him advance notice, possibly a severance package, and time to find new lodgings and transportation. Then the firm ideally would have scheduled several rounds of interviews and brought in qualified candidates in order to determine who would be the best fit for the job based on experience and industry
Steven Millhauser’s novel Martin Dressler depicts a rags to riches story about a man named Martin. Son of a cigar shop owner, Martin learned everything about cigars from his father, helping improve business any way he could. Martin Dressler explores the American Dream in all its manifestations: as aim, vision, intention, nightmare, and hallucination. The achievement of the American dream almost always comes down to your determination and willingness to work as hard as you can towards your goals. If you work hard and have enough perseverance, you may be lucky enough to achieve the success that you seek. Even from a young age we are taught to want success. Despite what we are taught success leads to failure and without we wouldn’t learn from our mistakes. Martin fails because his dreams become too elaborate as he strives for continuous success.
In the essay, Late Victorians written by Richard Rodriguez discusses an extremely controversial topic about homosexuality in San Francisco, California during the nineteenth century. Rodriguez begins his essay with a captivating perspective about human unhappiness as he writes, “Human unhappiness is evidence of our immortality,” (Rodriguez 121). This gripping statement conveys the meaning that happiness or forever happiness is an illusion, therefore it cannot exist in the individual's life. The main idea of the essay Late Victorians draws out numerous opinions because of the historical impact of this specific era. For example, the limitations of sexuality or thoughts about sexuality for women, and homosexuals. The reoccurring theme appears to be stereotypes of
...e actions of his company and the work they do in the line of duty. He has also employed a plumber without a license and may be found to be at fault for that plumber’s lack of a license. Although Mr. Chetum deserves to be brought to justice it seems that just about everyone who has a hand in the wrong can be held liable even for just following orders. Knarles would be wise to re-evaluate just who he puts his faith in before leaving the state and his business in the hands of a seventeen year old again.
She is fairly new to the work world and has lied on her resume’ to get hired, and realizes that the job is harder than she first thought. All hope is not lost because Violet assures her that she can be trained. She ends up succeeding at the company and telling her husband she will not take him back after he comes back begging for her love again.
In the movie “My Cousin Vinny” the theme was that it happened to be the first case for Vinny. He was to defend his cousin. Not like the real life action where in order to pass the Bar exam you really have to know all aspects of being a lawyer. This fictional story did have some facts in it, but it did show some possible thing that could happen in real life. In a lot of instances the happenings were a little too far-fetched to be believed.
During the Antebellum Era, slavery was about one-third of the South’s population. The Antebellum Era was the period before the Civil War broke out. The South’s economy was booming which was credited to slavery. Their argument about slavery was that slaves were necessary and important to their economy. It would kill their economy if they got rid of slavery. Slavery was the foundation of their economy. Without any slaves, cotton would not be able to be produce. Nearly 60 % of their exports was cotton. Southerners would also point out that slaves were better working in plantations than working in a northern factory. According to them, the North had bad workplaces and long hours. They insisted that slaves were cared for and helped when they needed it unlike the North. However, slaves were still treated bad in the South. They would resist slavery in a variety of ways. For example, running away was one form of resistance. The most common form of resistance was known as “day-to-day” resistance which were
“If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the new stand side by side...when the glories of the old can be compensated by the rich possibilities of the new era? This time...is a very good one.”
The main man depicted in this film is Mr. Hart. He is constantly referred to as a "sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot" boss. He continually tries to get Doralee to have an affair with him, lies to everyone by telling them they are having an affair, buys her gifts and purposefully knocks pencils on the floor so she'll lean over and pick them up. He insults all of the women and makes them run personal errands like shopping, laundry and fixing his coffee. Even the top men in the organization are aloof. Violet has worked for the company for over 12 years and never met the chairman of the
Valentine’s compassionate and empathetic nature was the gateway to her rise to power. Her ability to empathise with and understand people, and her genius, made it easy for her to formulate sentences that she knew people wanted to hear. If she decided to, Valentine could placate, persuade, and even manipulate a person without them even knowing it. The narrator revealed this skill of hers when they said, “Val could always see what other people liked best about themselves, and flatter them. Valentine could persuade other people to her point of view--she could convince them that they wanted what she wanted them to want” (127). Valentine’s realization and usage of this skill is quite a contrast from the
had no ideas of fair play in regards to his employees. He is comparable to a
Mackay, Tim. "The Ethics Of The Wolf Of Wall Street." Charter 85.2 (2014): 67.Web. 23 Mar. 2014.
It would be harder to find ethical situations in this movie. The main loyalties Carter had was to her profession, her employer and herself. She didn’t value truth and if you ask me that is a disloyalty to the profession of journalism in and of itself. She did not value her clients, the people she interviewed, she just wanted a good story and thought that if she had good intentions that it didn’t matter whether or not the story was true. She was also insensitive towards Teresa Perrone regarding her alibi for Gallagher and her abortion story. Immanuel Kant would’ve probably said that Carter’s intentions were of practical reason but not pure reason. Balaban and Rossen treated Carter as an end not a mean by manipulating her and using her for their own selfish reasons. One could say that motives based on duty makes moral decisions right, however, in my opinion, these decision weren’t moral so this principle would not
...ctitious, the content depicted the historical treatment of black maids during the time of Jim Crow Laws. Did the laws of Mississippi constitute ethical mistreatment of humans? Regardless, the treatment of non-white people in the state of Mississippi was not ethical even though it was the law.
The Wolf of Wall Street produced and directed by Martin Scorsese tells a story of Jordan Belfort, a stockbroker living a luxurious life on Wall Street. Due to greed and corruption, Jordan falls into a life of crime and abusive activities. Belfort made millions of dollars by selling customers “penny stocks” and manipulating the market through his company, Stratton Oakmont, before being convicted of any criminal activity (Solomon, 2013). Jordan reveals behaviours and impulses all humans have, however, on an extreme level. This movie illustrates “why ethics is another tool whose importance cannot be overstated” (Delaney, 2014). Without ethics and morality, individuals can never truly live an honest and happy life.
The Complexities of Morality and Perception in Tom Jones by Henry Fielding When Henry Fielding's Tom Jones was published, it was considered by many critics to be an entirely immoral, and thus, quite offensive piece of writing. Even the back cover of our Oxford World's Classics edition makes reference to the work as "A motley history of bastardism, fornication and adultery." Inside this same edition, John Bender's introduction describes the negative response to the work by Fielding's own peers and predecessors in Samuel Johnson and Samuel Richardson (xvii-xx). While the public was somewhat more enticed by the story's seedy details and wild characters, the book was generally considered with at least a little skepticism regarding the seeming lack of a moral center. This opinion, however, seems to be slightly off the mark.