Professional and Business Ethics Through Film (eBook)

Jadranka Skorin-Kapov is Professor of Management and Director of the Center for Integration of Business Education and Humanities (CIBEH) at Stony Brook University, USA. She has diverse background with three PhDs, in Operations Research, Philosophy, and Art History and Criticism. Skorin-Kapov is the recipient of five National Science Foundation grants, and the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities.

1          Introduction  

 

2          Ethical Positions and Decision Making      

2.1       Professional Ethics versus Business Ethics: Acting, Managing, Leading     

2.2       Critical Thinking and Decision Making: Quantitative versus Qualitative Analysis

2.3       Moral Agency and Overview of Ethical Positions    

1.3.1.   Virtue Ethics and Character  

1.3.2    Deontological (Duty) Ethics  

1.3.3.   Teleological (Consequentialist) Ethics           

2.4       Business Ethics



3          Mythical Structure of Narration, Cinematic Elements, Film Genres

3.1       On Jung’s Archetypes, Campbell’s Mythology, Vogler’s Practical Guide for Screenplays  

3.2       On Cinematic Language: Narrative Film versus Documentary         

3.3       Narrative Film Genres: Story, Plot, Style

           

4          Financial Machinations and Ethical Perspectives 

4.1       On Greed and Manipulation  

4.2       On Greed and Fraud   x

4.3       Profit versus Social Responsibility: Elements of the Financial Crisis of 2007–2008

 

5          Workplace Harassment, Violence, Inequity, and Inequality        

5.1       Workplace Harassment and Individual Rights          

5.2       Workplace Violence   

5.3       Workplace Inequity and Inequality   

 

6          Professional and Business Ethical Challenges       

6.1       Corruption and Whistleblowing        

6.2       Outsourcing and Downsizing

6.3       Business Competition, Innovation and Intellectual Property

 

7          Business, Environment, Society      

7.1       Environmental Issues: Climate, Air, Water, Food     

7.2       Resources Takeover, International Business and Human Rights

7.3       Society: Challenges and Connectivity

           

8          Career Pressures, Responsibility, Identity 

8.1       Career Challenges and Personal Struggles     

8.2       Identity Challenges    

8.3       Loss of Privacy, Cyber Harassment, Technological Advances and AI