Similarities between Frost/Nixon and Michael Clayton
To begin, the movies Frost/Nixon and Michael Clayton did not have much similarities, but they both had ethical issues. In the movie Frost Nixon, Frost’s intention was to get an interview with President Nixon to drive up his popularity and help him with gaining a possible show on a US TV network. Frost was unethical in this case because he did not explain to his colleagues what is intentions were and could have wasted their time and effort in trying to get Nixon to confess to his unethical decision making while in office. The movie Michael Clayton was had a similar approach as it relates to ethics. During the movie, Marty, the senior partner for the law firm, withheld his intentions of merging the firm with another and in the process of doing so, took on the case of defending U-North, which he knew lied to their customers. In both movies, the characters could have chosen to be truthful to their colleagues from the beginning, instead of taking a path of dishonesties.
Next, there is situation of Nixon’s abuse of power. He instructed troops to invade a country that he new did not have anything to do with the far and caused the lives so many people. This was clearly a decision that was not given enough thought and how it would affect others. Karen in the movies Michael Clayton …show more content…
First, in the movie, Frost/Nixon, Nixon did not think that his decisions while in office would end up making practically the entire nation losing trust in its political leaders. On the other hand, there was Frost, who only wanted lime light, fame and a contract with a US network. He saw the interview a way of obtaining this goal of his but in the processed deceived his colleagues in thinking his agenda was aligned with
To begin, the movies Frost/Nixon and Michael Clayton did not have much similarities, but they both had ethical issues. In the movie Frost Nixon, Frost’s intention was to get an interview with President Nixon to drive up his popularity and help him with gaining a possible show on a US TV network. Frost was unethical in this case because he did not explain to his colleagues what is intentions were and could have wasted their time and effort in trying to get Nixon to confess to his unethical decision making while in office. The movie Michael Clayton was had a similar approach as it relates to ethics. During the movie, Marty, the senior partner for the law firm, withheld his intentions of merging the firm with another and in the process of doing so, took on the case of defending U-North, which he knew lied to their customers. In both movies, the characters could have chosen to be truthful to their colleagues from the beginning, instead of taking a path of dishonesties.
Next, there is situation of Nixon’s abuse of power. He instructed troops to invade a country that he new did not have anything to do with the far and caused the lives so many people. This was clearly a decision that was not given enough thought and how it would affect others. Karen in the movies Michael Clayton …show more content…
First, in the movie, Frost/Nixon, Nixon did not think that his decisions while in office would end up making practically the entire nation losing trust in its political leaders. On the other hand, there was Frost, who only wanted lime light, fame and a contract with a US network. He saw the interview a way of obtaining this goal of his but in the processed deceived his colleagues in thinking his agenda was aligned with