Assignment III “INSIDER” Analysis and reflections
Abhilash G Nambudiri
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
A man of great courage & determination
Which ultimately made him to quit the job 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 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
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
Risk taking attitude is there in him
Evident from the efforts he make to get Dr. Wigand before the camera and also the Interview with Muslim fundamental leader 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
Professional Codes
True to his profession
Goal oriented
Always tries to increase popularity of his show by getting breaking news
Goes out of the framework to get things done
Believes in the truthfulness of news he airs
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
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
Weakness
Emotions attached to it will have negative effect in practicality
Opportunity
This attitude will fetch lots of good will
Opportunity to gain public mileage
Threat
Threat from former ers financially, physically and psychologically
SWOT analysis on ‘ethical dilemma handling ability’ (Contd..) Mr. Bergman (Al Pacino)
Strength
Weakness
May not be applicable in another situation
Opportunity
Based on an inner core strength, courage
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 Policy Framework - Guidelines
Any organization has to have a national interest towards its public which forces them to be able 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