Suggestions
Things You Can
Learn About
Business Ethics
by Watching
Movies
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Plot Themes: | |||
| Movie Info | Career | Main character's (un)ethical decisions to advance his/her career. | ||
| About this list | Conflict | Conflicts of interest on ethical decisions about organization management. | ||
| Comments/
Suggestions |
Labor | Ethical decisions about workers' rights. | ||
| Top Twelve
Things You Can Learn About Business Ethics by Watching Movies |
Satire | Exaggerated situations and characters that ridicule the ethics of an organization or industry. | ||
| Whistleblower | Main character's conflict between personal ethics and business practices of the organization drives him/her to expose the organization and seek justice. | |||
View By Title | Release Date | Theme | Business | Literary source
| Title | Release Date | Theme | Business | Based on |
| American Madness | 1932 |
Conflict |
Banking |
Original Screen Play |
| Citizen Kane | 1941 |
Career |
News |
Original Screen Play |
| It's a Wonderful Life | 1946 |
Career |
Banking |
Book The Greatest Gift (Stern) |
| Christmas Carol, A | 1951
1984 |
Career |
Banking |
Book /novel (Dickens) |
| Death of a Salesman | 1951 |
Career |
Sales |
Play (Miller) |
| Executive Suite | 1954 |
Conflict |
Manufacturer |
Book /novel (Hawley) |
| On the Waterfront | 1954 |
Labor |
Longshoremen |
Original Screen Play |
| Sabrina | 1954
1995 |
Conflict |
Mergers&Acq |
Play (Taylor) |
| Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, The | 1956 |
Career |
Corporation |
Book /novel (Wilson) |
| I'm All Right, Jack | 1960 |
Satire |
Labor |
Book /novel Private Life (Hackney) |
| Apartment, The | 1960 |
Career |
Corporation |
Original Screen Play |
| How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying | 1967 |
Career |
Corporation |
Book /novel Play (Burroughs) (Mead) |
| Thomas Crown Affair, The | 1968
1999 |
Career |
Mergers&Acq |
Book /novel (Trustman) |
| Producers, The | 1968 |
Satire |
Broadway |
Play (Brooks) |
| Molly Maguires | 1970 |
Labor |
Mining |
Book /novel (Lewis) |
| Godfather, The | 1972
1974 1990 |
Career Conflict |
Organized Crime |
Book /novel (Puzo) |
| Save the tiger | 1973 |
Career |
Manufacturer |
Original Screen Play |
| Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz | 1974 |
Career |
Entrepreneur |
Book /novel (Richler) |
| All the President's Men | 1976 |
Conflict |
News |
Book /true (Bernstein) |
| Network | 1976 |
Conflict |
News |
Original Screen Play |
| FM | 1978 |
Conflict |
Radio |
Original Screen Play |
| Electric Horseman | 1979 |
Conflict |
Advetising/Marketing |
Original Screen Play |
| China Syndrome, The | 1979 |
Whistleblower |
News Nuclear Power |
Original Screen Play |
| Norma Rae | 1979 |
Labor |
Textiles |
Original Screen Play /true |
| Nine-to-Five | 1980 |
Career |
Corporation |
Book /novel (Resnick) |
| Used Cars | 1980 |
Satire |
Sales |
Original Screen Play |
| Take This Job and Shove It | 1981 |
Conflict |
Manufacturer |
Original Screen Play |
| Tootsie | 1982 |
Career |
Acting |
Book /novel (McGuire, Gelbart) |
| Silkwood | 1983 |
Whistleblower |
Nuclear Power |
Original Screen Play /true |
| Gung Ho | 1985 |
Conflict |
Auto |
Original Screen Play |
| Coca Cola Kid | 1985 |
Career |
Advetising/Marketing |
Original Screen Play |
| Head Office | 1986 |
Career |
Corporation |
Original Screen Play |
| Matewan | 1987 |
Labor |
Mining |
Original Screen Play /true |
| Tin Men | 1987 |
Career |
Sales |
Original Screen Play |
| Secret of My Success | 1987 |
Career |
Corporation |
Original Screen Play |
| Baby Boom | 1987 |
Career |
Advetising/Marketing |
Original Screen Play |
| Broadcast News | 1987 |
Conflict |
News |
Original Screen Play |
| Wall Street | 1987 |
Career |
Stockbrokers |
Original Screen Play |
| Working Girl | 1988 |
Career |
Mergers&Acq |
Original Screen Play |
| Tucker | 1988 |
Career |
Auto |
Original Screen Play /true |
| Business as Usual | 1988 |
Career |
Manufacturer |
Original Screen Play |
| Big Business | 1988 |
Conflict |
Manufacturer |
Original Screen Play |
| Eight Men Out | 1988 |
Career |
Sports |
Book /true (asinof) |
| Roger & Me | 1989 |
Whistleblower |
Auto |
Original Screen Play /true |
| Other People's Money | 1991 |
Conflict |
Mergers&Acq |
Play (sterner) |
| Efficiency Expert, The | 1991 |
Conflict |
Manufacturer |
Original Screen Play |
| Class Action | 1991 |
Conflict |
Auto |
Original Screen Play |
| Article 99 | 1992 |
Satire |
Health Care |
Original Screen Play |
| Sneakers | 1992 |
Whistleblower |
Computers |
Original Screen Play |
| Glengarry Glen Ross | 1992 |
Conflict |
Sales |
Play (Mamet) |
| Hoffa | 1992 |
Labor |
Labor |
Original Screen Play /true |
| And the Band Played On | 1993 |
Conflict |
Health Care |
Book /true (Shilts) |
| Firm, The | 1993 |
Whistleblower |
Law |
Book /novel (Grisham) |
| Disclosure | 1994 |
Career |
Computers |
Book /novel (Crichton) |
| Quiz Show | 1994 |
Career |
Television |
Book /true Remembering America: A Voice from the Sixties (Goodwin) |
| Hudsucker Proxy | 1994 |
Career |
Manufacturer |
Original Screen Play |
| Swimming With Sharks | 1995 |
Career |
Hollywood |
Original Screen Play |
| Associate, The | 1996 |
Career |
Stockbrokers |
Book /novel El Socio (Prieto) |
| Rainmaker, The | 1997 |
Whistleblower |
Insurance |
Book /novel (Grisham) |
| Jerry Maguire | 1997 |
Career |
Sports |
Original Screen Play |
| clockwatchers | 1998 |
Career |
Corporation |
Original Screen Play |
| Civil Action, A | 1998 |
Whistleblower |
Manufacturer |
Book /true (Harr) |
| Truman Show | 1998 |
Conflict |
Television |
Original Screen Play |
| You've Got Mail | 1998 |
Career |
Sales |
Original Screen Play |
| Any Given Sunday | 1999 |
Conflict |
Sports |
Original Screen Play |
| Pirates of Silicon Valley | 1999 |
Career |
Computers |
Book /true Fire in the Valley: the Making of the Personal Com (Freiberger) |
| Big Kahuna | 1999 |
Conflict |
Sales |
Play " Hospitality Suite " (Rueff) |
| Insider, The | 1999 |
Whistleblower |
Tobacco |
Original Screen Play /true |
| Mumford | 1999 |
Career |
Psychology |
Original Screen Play |
| Office Space | 1999 |
Satire |
Computers |
Original Screen Play |
| Monsters, Inc. | 2000 |
Conflict |
Power |
Book /novel (Culton) |
| Boiler Room, The | 2000 |
Whistleblower |
Stockbrokers |
Original Screen Play |
| Erin Brockovich | 2000 |
Whistleblower |
Power |
Original Screen Play /true |
| Antitrust | 2001 |
Career |
Computers |
Original Screen Play |