Business Ethics through Movies: A Case Study Approach
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Overview
The second edition of Business Ethics through Movies: A Case Study Approach examines a wide range of ethical dilemmas, principles, and moral reasoning through a series of popular films, real-world case studies, and corporate ethics codes. This includes
- Eight new films (The Armstrong Lie, Athlete A, The Biggest Little Farm, Control Room, The Corporation, Outsourced, The Social Dilemma, and Spotlight)
- Eight new cases (flash mob thefts, Deepwater Horizon, Maui fires of 2023, United Auto Workers strike of 2023, listeria in milkshakes, lead in children’s apple sauce, and news media election lies)
- A new chapter on journalistic ethics
- Online chapter quizzes to reinforce ethical theory and moral reasoning (accessible at https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538194447)
Movies provide an excellent platform for developing techniques of analysis and sharpening our critical thinking skills. They bring ethics to life and draw us in, so we identify with the characters as they confront issues, make decisions, and face consequences.
Thanks to the engaging ways ethical dilemmas are presented, movies and case studies are perfect vehicles for studying and doing business ethics.
Introduction to the Text
Part 1 Moral Navigation: Business Ethics and Society
1.1 Tools for the Journey
Case Study: A Hijacking
Spotlight: The Corporation
Ethics Code: Apple
1.2 The Moral Compass: Business Ethics and Society
Spotlight: Up in the Air
Case Study: The Poisoned Painkiller
Spotlight: Michael Clayton
Ethics Code: Johnson & Johnson
1.3 Show Me the Money: Greed Is Not Good
Spotlight: Wall Street
Spotlight: Big Men
Case Study 1:Costco’s Tainted Berries
Case Study 2: Listeria in Milkshakes
Case Study 3: Lead in Children’s Applesauce
Spotlight: Outsourced
Ethics Code: Costco
1.4 Talk To Me: The Impact of Technology
Spotlight: Her
Spotlight: The Social Dilemma
Case Study 1: Edward Snowden and the NSA
Spotlight: The Net and Disconnect
Case Study 2: Target’s Data Breach
Case Study 3: Target and Online Tracking
Ethics Code: Yahoo!
1.5 All the News Fit to Print: Journalistic Ethics
Spotlight: Shattered Glass
Case Study 1: Stephen Glass
Case Study 2: Fox News and Election Lies
Spotlight: Spotlight
Spotlight: Control Room
Ethics Code: NPR (National Public Radio)
Part 2 Moral Leadership: Ethical Theory
2.1 Aerial Surveillance: Ethical Theory
Spotlight: The Insider
2.2 The Ends Justify the Means: Teleological Ethics
Spotlight: Contagion
Case Study: The Ford Pinto
Ethics Code: Ford Motor Company
2.3 Duties Rule: Deontological Ethics
Spotlight: The Armstrong Lie
Spotlight: Quiz Show
Case Study 1: Beech-Nut Apple Juice
Case Study 2: Minute Maid Lemonade
Spotlight: Food, Inc.
Case Study 3: Salmonella in Foster Farms’ Chickens
Ethics Code: Dole Foods
2.4 Moral Character: Virtue Ethics
Spotlight: Erin Brockovich
Spotlight: Roger & Me
Spotlight: Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Spotlight: Food, Inc.
Case Study 1: Practices of the Pork Industry
Case Study 2: The European Horsemeat Scandal
Case Study 3: Kellogg’s and Michael Phelps
Ethics Code: Kellogg’s “K” Values
2.5 The Caring Community: Feminist Ethics
Spotlight: The Company Men.
Spotlight: The Biggest Little Farm
Case Study: Film Recovery Systems, Inc.
Spotlight: Erin Brockovich
Ethics Code: Microsoft
Part 3 Moral Reflection: Thorny Questions
3.1 Finding the Balance: Environmental Disasters
Spotlight: Civil Action
Case Study 1: W.R. Grace Co.
Case Study 2: West Virginia Chemical Spill
Spotlight: Local Hero
Case Study 3: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
Case Study 4: Deepwater Horizon
Case Study 5: Maui Fire of 2023
Ethics Code: British Petroleum
3.2 Going Postal: Workplace Violence
Spotlight: John Q
Case Study 1: Flash Mob Thefts
Case Study 2: Gunman at LAX
Case Study 3: The Montreal Massacre
Spotlight: Polytechnique
Spotlight: Murder by Proxy: America Goes Postal
Ethics Code: Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA)
3.3 Stand By Me: Workplace Inequities
Spotlight: Made in Dagenham
Spotlight: Matewan
Case Study 1: United Auto Workers Strike of 2023
Case Study 2: A Living Wage at H&M
Case Study 3: H&M and Child Labor
Case Study 4: Marriage Equality
Ethics Code: H&M
3.4 Enough Already: Workplace Harassment
Spotlight: North Country
Case Study 1: Lois E. Jenson vs. Eveleth Taconite Co.
Spotlight: Athlete A
Spotlight: The Invisible War
Case Study 2: Bullying in the NFL
Spotlight: Disconnect
Ethics Code: The New York Times
3.5 Working for Change: Global Justice and Human Rights
Spotlight: Sleep Dealer
Case Study 1: Child Labor
Case Study 2: The Bangladesh Sweatshop Collapse
Spotlight: Darwin’s Nightmare
Case Study 3: Pfizer’s Meningitis Studies in Nigeria
Spotlight: Fires of Kuwait
Case Study 4: Dunkin’ Donuts Ad Campaign
Ethics Code: Dunkin’ Donuts
3.6 Transformation: The Art of Personal Power
Spotlight: Groundhog Day
Spotlight: Invictus
Case Study: Kudumbashree’s Work Skills Program
Ethics Code: The Coca-Cola Company
Appendix 1. Films Discussed in this Book
Appendix 2. Cases Discussed in this Book
Appendix 3. Ethics Codes Discussed in this Book
Wanda Teays has established an effective approach for using film to reveal contexts in which ethical dilemmas lurk. Her methodology will attract not only scholars of philosophy and film, but also students in business ethics classes whose recurrent theme is: ‘Make this real!’ Teays has done just that with her handling of the reels of film that will resonate in the classroom with her checklist pedagogy for working out the cases. This is a text you must adopt.
- Title: Business Ethics through Movies: A Case Study Approach
- Author: Wanda Teays
- Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Print Publication Date: 2024
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 362
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781538194447, 9781538194423, 1538194422, 1538194449
- Resource ID: LLS:9781538194447
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T03:11:39Z
Wanda Teays is philosophy professor emerita at Mount Saint Mary’s University, Los Angeles.