Ethics in the Movies: Working Girl Movie Case, Dr. Jeffrey M. Wachtel
Working Girl earned six Oscar nominations, including Best
Picture, Best Director and Best Actress (Griffith.) Carly Simon's
stirring "Let the River Run" won an Academy Award for Best Song. This is
a must-see film that is not only pure Eighties but also endowed with a
timeless message that makes it an instant classic. You'll laugh, you'll
cry, and you'll cheer Tess McGill in her pursuit of the American Dream.
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1. What do you think of her first boss setting her up for a fake appointment about an promotion.
2. What do you think of her reaction and the consequences?
3. Can a secretary (or, for example, a junior auditor) with good ideas get ahead in the workplace in Thailand?
4. Should her boss have upheld her right to make suggestions and give ideas for the benefit of the company?
5. Does she have the right to fair treatment of her ideas?
6. She doesn't have an MBA or MIA, she doesn't wear the right clothes, she doesn't have "serious hair," but she does have really good ideas …should she be given a chance? Would she be given a chance in Thailand?
7. Should she have resorted to impersonating her boss in order to have her ideas listened to?
8. How ethical is her boss?