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