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[December 1, 2012]

Ethical Dilemmas

Introduction

Business ethics monitors ethical conduct of members of the company and other partners. Through the business ethics two important goals of the company can be achieved: the Charter and the rules of its members and partners, and control over them. In the real sense, business ethics is a set of rules and laws of business, based on common values. The concept of value means those whom society and every individual has their preference. Social values ??include qualities such as conscience, correctness, respect, justice, etc. In terms of business, it matches the quality of products, customer satisfaction, and compliance with the rules in the advertising of the product, health and safety (Weiss, 2009).

Business ethics is based on respect for the interests of not only its own company, but also its partners, customers, and society in general. This rule also applies to the competition that does not prejudice the techniques that go beyond the competition. Ethics advocates acceptance of benefits and the maximum number of market participants and equal access to them (Darnell L.,n.d.). The basis of business ethics are the moral standards that are based on language, culture and traditions of the country and people. The business and social ethics is the foundation, which is a set of ethical standards and concepts. This research paper has taken two movies into consideration with respect to the ethical issues in the movies.

Discussion

Irrespective of any field or industry, the rule of business ethics is applied generally. It can be considered that as business ethics is rooted in a science of morality it will not necessarily be viewed from an objective reference. Indeed, business ethics, and ethical approaches as "applied" asks the repository, because it invites subjectivity, as it is seen through the eyes of the employee, the company, the state, or society as a whole. It can also lead to conflict of interest issues of business ethics, ethics to reduce this to zero (Hasnas, 2005). However, in this paper, two movies “John Q” and “Wall Street” have been taken under consideration in order to identify the ethical issues in the movies.

Ethical Analysis of the Movie John Q

The Ethical and Legal Issues Depicted In the Movie, John Q

In the Movie John Q, there were three ethical dilemmas that the character of the John Q faces in the movie which are the human dignity principles, dilemma of self sacrifice and the ethics of health care. These issues of ethical phenomenon were faces by the three characters Rebecca Payne, Dr. Klein and the main leading role of the movies John Q. The John Q. in the movies was the one who faces all the three issues which have been highlighted above. Throughout the whole movie, John Q has faces the ethical issue of human dignity. He has to face this issue at the time when his son was in the hospital and admitted in the hospital because of the cardiac problem. John Q was quite sure that he will have the best treatment in the hospital and all of his expenses will be covered under insurance coverage which he had.

But later on he got the information that insurance company has refused to bear the expenses and the transplant of heart is not included under the insurance coverage due to the change of policy and plan. At that stage, John Q has to take some steps which he knew he had to take for the sake of his family and son; it was because of his dignity for his family (http://www.wolfpackproductions.com/archive/johnq.html). Initially he tried hard for getting any financial support for the surgery of his son from wherever he could have think of, even he sold everything which was under his possession. But still, the amount he was able to accumulate was not yet enough to cover the expenses. He knew that he is supposed to support his family and provide them the best of everything. His dignity was tested daily in the attempts to do the right thing and get the help his son needed.

John Q's Decision-Making Process and the Various Factors and outside Stakeholders Who Influenced His Decisions

The world is cruel, and unfortunately, sometimes you have to go to extremes. And this is not an extreme hostage, its suicide and self-sacrifice. It is a story of a father, who takes hostage to a department of the hospital, for the sake of trying to get his son's name on the list for a heart transplant. There are some new interpretations of the well-known scenario of taking hostage. At the end of the picture, the nerves heat up red. The scene where the father shows that he is ready to sacrifice himself for the sake of the child, and these monologues the main character, I think one of the best in the genre.

The Events Depicted In the Film

John Q was an ordinary American who worked hard in the factory and loves his family. The meaning of his life is his wife Denise and son Michael. When Michael was admitted to the hospital with a serious illness and he needs an operation to rescue a heart transplant, which the family has no money, John decides to do everything in his power to save the boy's life. He decides to take hostage the hospital staff with the requirement to operate on her son.

Ethical Analysis of the Movie Wall Street

The Ethical and Legal Issues Depicted In the Movie, Wall Street

It is a story about a young stock broker trying to break into Wall Street. During the day he works for the company he is employed, and in his spare time trying to meet one of the great magnates of investments. Finally gets submitted to Gordon Gekko, who hires him as an agent. With Gekko all about money, luxury and fun, but soon realizes Bud is a man without scruples. When Gekko commissioned a very attractive transaction for him but that violates the most basic rules of ethics, realizing that the business world has always been like attending parties and play sports with his "protector" while maintains a relationship with Darien Taylor, interior designer and lover of Gordon Gekko (http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0094291/plotsummary).

The cinema has always opposed to "good" and "bad", for this is good and bad characters, they are often predictable, culminating in the selection of parts, and work can define these two words are very versatile. "Wall Street," the great and appalling Oliver Stone, is not the kind of movie in which it is not worth to raise the question of what is good and bad, on Wall Street, it is all about good, but if someone has to face something bad, someone is still there (even during the crisis).  Greed is good. With those three words, Michael Douglas, sets the tone in not only a single film, but perhaps a decade (although that's paraphrase of his actual quote). At that time the economy was very poor. In that time, people of Europe were still recovering from a crisis. Then he starts talking about the European currency and some big important rules of the European Economic Community, and other big companies falling to be consolidated to over the years. There are conflicts between the objectives of the shareholders and directors of companies, first shareholders want to make profits, whatever the business, whatever it is, without the slightest regard for the company from sinking if they get benefits etc. and managers, in addition to earn profits, they want to make the company work, having good vision for the future, having good image, etc.

In general, the "Wall Street" Stone's a small part of a large stock market, where daily richer people (although in recent weeks, they lose money in great quantities, where did the money go?)  The main merit of the venerable director, that "Wall Street" turned intriguing film about the 1985. Highly dynamic ribbon sweeps as trading on the stock exchange, but the roots of the Hollywood film, still make in the first place does not withdraw the money for this film is not just a way to pay off of the film, but also one of the main characters, and other characters of the people . Hero Charlie Sheen is also seeking "good" money, surely the "good" is, but quickly remembers that it is actually good and what is bad, and does not give the Douglas rest of the money. According to Charlie: “Life Comes Down to Individual Moments” (http://www.es.northropgrumman.com/ourvalues/articles/assets/EthicsInTheMovies.pdf0. 

Describe Gordon Gekko's and Bud Fox' Decision-Making Processes and Identify the Various Factors and outside Stakeholders

The main idea of Mr. Gekko's character in the film (the Oscar-winning performance in M. Douglas) is quite sound in which he has said that they do not take the money out of thin air. Because of which they migrate from one pocket to another, and you will be well, if that money comes in your pocket. However, the "Wall Street" as a Hollywood creation, still make another character in the film to remember the true meaning of the word is good, thinking of family, friends and other small airline workers, the elimination of which would make a "good" many lawyers, the future owners of expensive land and hero Douglas is the main business sharks that film. 

In one such dialogue sharks can hear the fate of the decision of many workers of a certain enterprise, even to know what will be the value of the shares of this company for the next day and it's 10 hours before the start of trading. A Stock Exchange on Wall Street is the main market (bazaar) in the world, at least in the western part, that is where the oil price are set that the next day around the world will be settled, this is where working people. It was there in the first place money and a horse who knows how to sell (buy) a place of speculation, but the word huckster it does not sound like an insult. 

A Brief Update on the Events Depicted In the Film

Acting work also deserves to be mention of this movie, because after the performance in this movie, Michael Douglas was considered not only an influential person from the world of cinema, and the son of Kirk Douglas, but also a good actor, and he was so. By the way, that should be considered as a brawler Stone based on recent events to stir the second part of the "Wall Street", the economic crisis of 2008 - a great event in the life history, it ought to perpetuate, and then someone came to mind at the beginning of the film, i.e., .In 1985, about the time Roosevelt remember rushed twenty years three.

There is a message in the Wall Street behind that money makes the world that only a few know suitable pull strings, and that capitalism is a lie created self-conscious and remote control for the benefit of a few and the frustration of many. Oliver Stone makes a perfect picture of financial ambition of the eighties, the business liberal America and the balls, what is ultimately the most important character of the film, the money. For the same price gives a character like the top of a pine, the inimitable Gordon Gekko. Indeed, the phrase "money never sleeps" is yours, and only appears in this film.

Conclusion

From the analysis of the above two movies, it can be concluded that after taking into consideration the ethical issues in the movies, some believe that ethics must be considered with the aim to reconcile their potential concerns. Two approaches can address the issues raised by ethics: that which consists in transposing the social contract theories in the environment, and that which leads to the conclusion that there are a number of ethical behaviors competing. However, in the case of John Q, it was not at all ethical that his son was dying just because of the nonpayment of hospital expenses. If John Q. has convicted some allegations from the law, then there are also ethics in medical care as well. There is no justice at all.

References

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Wall Street, Data Retrieved From: http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0094291/plotsummary

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