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Whistle blowing in a corporate setup and consequences been tried to analyse based on the film insider
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Abhilash G Nambudiri
Assignment III“INSIDER”
Analysis and reflections
Agenda Analysis of different protagonists as in
the movie in different contexts and circumstances The Fired VP Research of B&W Producer of 60 minutes
SWOT Analysis on the Ethical Dilemma Handling Capability of the two main protagonists
Corporate Ethics Policy Framework’s point of view
Protagonist #1
Dr. Wigand, VP Research - B&W
(Russell Crowe)
Personal Codes Man who honors contracts and words
Driven by emotional feelings Which ultimately made him to quit the job
A man of great courage & determination Evident from his willingness to reveal things
at the risk of his own career and family relations
A man with perfect faith in himself Was 100% confident in refuting what his
superiors says about nicotine because of his sound understanding of subject and faith in himself
Family Codes Caring towards family and kids
He believes in the need of healthy family in nurturing his kids well
He is kind of skeptical about the stand of his wife in his professional matter or he doesn’t want her to get involved in his professional issues The fact that he did not revealed about the
interview at the first place to his wife is an indication to this
Professional Codes
From the film he seems to be highly dedicated to what ever organization he was associated with His unwillingness to break the confidentiality
agreement with the company is an example
He is a man of professional integrity
Respect to other’s professional integrity
Organizational Codes
He has a perfect sense of the internal systems of the organization
His personal codes seems to complement organizational codes The loyalty towards organization in not
revealing some facts which can work against the good will of the company
Commercial Codes
He cares for money to support his family and kids
At this later juncture of life he is more concerned about the financial implications of being fired from the job This gives an idea that he is been driven by
money
But still there seems to be a conflict of interest between his personal and commercial codes
Public Codes
Believes in doing good for the public The drive behind revealing insider
information to the public
He don’t care for the publicity
Believes in doing the job perfectly and not for the sake of publicity
Protagonist #2
Producer, “60 minutes”, Mr. Bergman (Al Pacino)
Personal Codes
Believes in making the truth available to public
Person of determination and perseverance Evident from the efforts he make to get Dr.
Wigand before the camera and also the Interview with Muslim fundamental leader
Risk taking attitude is there in him The kind of risks he is taking to get the story
published in NY Times at the end Man of principle and commitment to others
Once he has taken the initiative to make the truth public he commits himself to make it happen
Professional Codes True to his profession
Believes in the truthfulness of news he airs Goal oriented
Always tries to increase popularity of his show by getting breaking news
Goes out of the framework to get things done Approach to NY times for getting the interview
published Very firm believer of what ho does
Argument with his bosses in order to air the interview and the subsequent events is the proof
Organizational Codes
He seems to be much more concerned about his own work rather than organization Even though he cares not to overrule the boss’s
decision not to air the programme, he searches and finds out alternate ways to let the truth see the light
He follows hierarchy prevailing in the organization
Believes in democratic ways of solving issues
Public Codes
He is a publicity person Being a media person he needs to be. Also
he boasts about the viewer ship of his programme
He also believes in public’s rights for information
Conflict of interest Dr. Wigand (Russell Crowe) Whether or not to disclose insider
information to public Personal codes insist on disclosing but he is
tied up by a confidentiality agreement with the company
Here two codes within him personal and organizational are in conflict
He has either option not to disclose information and lead a peaceful life or to go ahead and disclose the information and go through troubles as been threatened by the company (B&W)
Here the tussle is between personal code of conduct and organizational code of conduct
Conflict of interest (Dr. Wigand, cont..)
Here the personal code overshadows the organizational one and he went on to give the public interview
This presents the strength of the character he possesses which is strong enough to do something which may even hinder his future life
Conflict of interests
Mr. Bergman (Al Pacino) He also faces some sort of same stand
off between his personal code and organizational codes In his as well as public interest he wanted
to air the interview with Dr. Wigand. But his organizational interests were
different, air it without the important whistle blowing part, interview
Conflict of interest (Mr. Bergman, cont..)
He also had an option not to work for letting the truth out and lead a peaceful life
Here also personal code overpower the organizational codes
The difference between these two protagonists is that Russell Crowe does it because of a much more broader objective and his public conscience whereas Al pacino’s deed was more like a retaliation to the organization (CBS) which controlled him from doing what he thought correct
SWOT analysis on ‘ethical dilemma handling ability’ Dr. Wigand (Russell Crowe)
Strength This attitude will fetch lots of good will
Weakness Emotions attached to it will have negative effect
in practicality Opportunity
Opportunity to gain public mileage Threat
Threat from former supporters financially, physically and psychologically
SWOT analysis on ‘ethical dilemma handling ability’ (Contd..) Mr. Bergman (Al Pacino)
Strength Based on an inner core strength, courage
Weakness May not be applicable in another situation
Opportunity In a profession like journalism, media this is an
opportunity to get noticed in the peer circle Threat
May get stamped as “NOT FIT FOR ORGANIZATION”
Corporate Ethics PolicyFramework - Guidelines Any organization has to have a national
interest towards its public which forces them to be accountable to the public
Organizations should deliver what it promises
Certain expectations has to be met by every organizations in their respective spheres
Organizations should give room for personal codes of conduct to be practiced within the allowed limits
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