Margin Call Movie Part2
1. List down the characters and analyze their professional personalities/attitudes in this movie.
Jared Cohen
Suggested that they should sell all the products
Not responsible
Should consider the long term effect of every action that they take
John Tuld
Decided to sell all the products to the same buyers and any new buyers
He argues that the action made is for the sake of the company
Agency problem - conflict of interest
Ruin the company reputation and loss people trust
Sam Rogers
Facing a dilemma whether to follow the CEO’s plan or not
Utilitarian theory - Sam was actually wanted to act in a way that can give a greatest utility to the majority
Decided to keep staying with the company.
Eric Dale
Former Head of Risk Management
The company needed him and persuaded him to come back
He accepted it due to the incentives that the company can offer
Egoism - which the act is done to promote the greatest good for oneself.
Being fired because financial risks
Cannot take the decision company made
Sarah Robertson
Sarah Robertson, played by Demi Moore, as Chief Risk Management Officer shows good corporate governance to the company.
Robertson, especially since the financial crisis, she is included in strategic discussions about the firm’s future or invited to discuss potential risks inherent in the plan.
She will ensure that the decision making made by the board of directors are right
Seth Bregman
Enamored with the company money wall street offer and particularly
Will Emerson
Loyal
Take decision that not effect him
Have a lot of experience
2. Explain in your own words on what crisis is the firm facing in the movie?
A respected financial company is downsizing and one of the victims is the risk management division head, who was working on a major analysis just when he was let go. His protege completes the study late into the night and then frantically calls his colleagues in about the company’s financial disaster he has discovered. What follows is a long night of
Jared Cohen
Suggested that they should sell all the products
Not responsible
Should consider the long term effect of every action that they take
John Tuld
Decided to sell all the products to the same buyers and any new buyers
He argues that the action made is for the sake of the company
Agency problem - conflict of interest
Ruin the company reputation and loss people trust
Sam Rogers
Facing a dilemma whether to follow the CEO’s plan or not
Utilitarian theory - Sam was actually wanted to act in a way that can give a greatest utility to the majority
Decided to keep staying with the company.
Eric Dale
Former Head of Risk Management
The company needed him and persuaded him to come back
He accepted it due to the incentives that the company can offer
Egoism - which the act is done to promote the greatest good for oneself.
Being fired because financial risks
Cannot take the decision company made
Sarah Robertson
Sarah Robertson, played by Demi Moore, as Chief Risk Management Officer shows good corporate governance to the company.
Robertson, especially since the financial crisis, she is included in strategic discussions about the firm’s future or invited to discuss potential risks inherent in the plan.
She will ensure that the decision making made by the board of directors are right
Seth Bregman
Enamored with the company money wall street offer and particularly
Will Emerson
Loyal
Take decision that not effect him
Have a lot of experience
2. Explain in your own words on what crisis is the firm facing in the movie?
A respected financial company is downsizing and one of the victims is the risk management division head, who was working on a major analysis just when he was let go. His protege completes the study late into the night and then frantically calls his colleagues in about the company’s financial disaster he has discovered. What follows is a long night of