Professional and Business Ethics Through Film: The Allure of Cinematic Presentation and Critical Thinking

ISBN-13: 9783030077426 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 347 str.

Jadranka Skorin-Kapov

Spis treści

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

 

O autorze

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.

Blurb

This book considers ethical issues arising in professional and business settings and the role of individuals making decisions and coping with moral dilemmas. It starts by elaborating on critical thinking and on normative ethical theories, subsequently presenting the structure and cinematic elements of narrative film. These two avenues are tools for evaluating films and for discussions on various ethical problems in contemporary business, including: the corporate and banking financial machinations (greed, fraud, social responsibility); workplace ethical challenges (harassment, violence, inequity, inequality); professional and business ethical challenges (corruption, whistleblowing, outsourcing and downsizing); and personal responsibility and identity challenges due to career pressures, loss of privacy and cyber harassment, and job structure changes in light of changing technology. Readers can benefit from engagement in filmic narratives, as a simulated environment for developing a stance towards ethical challenges.