Erin Brockovich

don't know what is.” Erin Brockovich is poor, uneducated, and the mother of three young children with no spouse to support her. Even with all of these going against her, Erin is still successful. Her accomplishments throughout the film are due to her persistence and her ability to influence others, however, her success comes at the cost of children. The main characteristic that sticks out about Erin is her persistence. The audience first sees this in the opening scene when Erin is applying for…

While Erin's intentions may have been honorable, were her investigative techniques and business practices ethical? In the movie Erin Brockovich, Erin main objective was to uncover and expose the unethical practices that were taking place at Pacific Gas & Electric Company by poisoning the water. In Erin investigative techniques and business practices, many ethical issues arise such as having poor time management, revealing dress code, extortion, poor meeting etiquette, and poor communication…

anyone. Erin Brockovich is by far the most interesting model of leadership in this movie but when you consider mainstream leadership qualities, she is not our usual contender. What makes her so rare is that she hardly fits our cookie cutter impression of a leadership type individual. She was out of work, had three children, single, had two divorces, and no real employment skills. Yet, she had other hidden qualities that…

Ethics in Weight Discrimination The U.S has written many laws to help keep discrimination from affecting a person’s chances at landing a job. However, there are still some things that you can discriminate on when people come in for an interview. Things like weight are still being discriminated against as we can see from these 2 court cases. One is from the State of Michigan, the only state that doesn’t allow discrimination against weight, where a waitress for Hooter’s successfully sued after…

Though the movie “Erin Brokovich” and the story “Antigone” take place entirely in different eras, there are still as many similarities as there are differences in the conflicts both female archetype face. Both Erin and Antigone are fighting for what they think is morally the right think to do like every other archetype. After analyzing both stories, a similarity that is emphasized is that both conflicts are person vs person. In Antigone’s case she has to defy the law set by Creon while in Erin’s…

major components, Duty Based Ethics and Outcome Based Ethics. Duty Based Ethics says that individuals have certain obligation to others, while Outcome Based Ethics concentrates on the impact a decision could/would have on society. In the movie Erin Brockovich starring Julia Roberts, I came across many ethical dilemmas regarding toxic compounds expelled by the chemical company, Pacific Gas and Electric. The chemical company, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), made many bad ethical decisions. They…

I recently watched the movie Freedom Writers, directed by Richard LaGravenese took place in Woodrow Wilson high school in Los Angeles, California in 1992. The film was about a highly inspiring teacher Mrs. Erin Gruwell who is fresh out of college, played by actress Hilary Swank. The story line is about integration, high school students that are not interested in learning, in light of the lifestyles they live. The setting of the movie was based in a low poverty area that involved gang life, black…

1. Counting By 7's takes place in various settings. One of the many settings is Willow Chance's “single-story, stucco house in a development at the end of San Joaquin Valley” where both Willow and her parents (Roberta and James Chance) lived, up until the accident. After the accident Willow is taken to another important setting which is a Nail Salon called “Happy Polish Nails” where Pattie Nguyen works. The third setting takes place at a Garage, near “Happy Polish Nails”. This is where Pattie,…

undetermined kids. In this compelling movie, Freedom Writers the main Character Erin Gruwell(Hilary Swank) sees potential in grieving students when everyone else has lost hope in them. Long Beach, California is central for violence, drugs, and alcohol. For these students all they have known is love through gangs and rough households. Underneath the tough constructed attitude lies innocent kids who have lost faith in themselves. Erin Gruwell enters Long Beach school district, which is close…

processes to explain why people act a certain way. Cognitive research revolutionized and become the dominant approach in psychology by the late 1970-1980s. Then, many people started creating strategies to influence people’s behavior to change. In 1990, Erin Gruwell, a young English teacher, made a radical change in her classroom. Since she noticed that her students wouldn’t socialize due to race and in-groups, she put effort into getting their trust on personal and academic levels. Later,…