Business ethics issues in the movie "Boiler room" Business comprises principles and standards that guide behavior in the world of business. Stakeholders-investors‚ customers‚ interest groups‚ employees‚ the legal system‚ and the community often determine whether a specific behavior is right or wrong‚ ethical or unethical. Judgments of these groups influence society’s acceptance or rejection of a business and it’s activities. Every business has a social responsibility toward
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Boiler Room Boiler room is a story about a college dropout name of Seth. He likes the feeling of earning fast money‚ therefore he decided to quit school and start an underground casino in his apartment with a few of his friends. However‚ his father‚ who is a federal judge‚ finds out about the casino. His father then commends him to close down the casino and search for a real job. Seth wants to regain respect and approval from his father‚ and fortunately he got introduce to a stockbroker company
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The Boiler Room The movie The Boiler room is about a young man who has dropped out of Queens College and wants to please his father‚ who is a federal judge who is extremely harsh. At his father ’s persistence‚ Seth Davis closes down a casino he operated in his house for college students and seeks a new job. Thinking he would be pleasing his father he takes a job at a small brokerage firm called JT Marlin. At JT Marlin trainees make cold calls to lists of well-paid men‚ and then apply high-pressure
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Final Report- Organizational Behavior “Issues in Organizational Behaviour based on own experiences” Student No. Structure: 1. Introduction 2. Main Body and Recommendations 3. Conclusion 4. References What is Organizational Behaviour? Organizational Behaviour is nothing else than developing our understanding and development of people skills. A multidisciplinary field devoted to understanding individual and group behaviour‚ interpersonal process and organizational dynamics. Different
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In business today‚ there are opportunists that will attempt to take advantage of a situation for personal and monetary gain. The movie”Boiler Room” is one such example of these opportunists taking advantage of others. The movie focuses around the main character‚ Seth Davis‚ a young man who has made thousands of dollars running an underground casino out of his house. His father‚ who is a federal judge‚ finds out about the casino and tells him to close down the casino and search for a real job. Seth
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confusion towards one’s beliefs and values. In the movie Boiler Room‚ conflicts were apparent from the firm’s setting and from the main character himself which both led to ethical and moral dilemmas. One of those was the clear absence of social responsibility of JT Marlin to its customers as they used deception to get ahead of everyone and become stinking rich. Another one was the dilemma Seth Davis had with himself as during the progression of the movie‚ it showed how his morality debated on whether
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Boiler Room Ethical Analysis I. Introduction: A. Have you ever worked for a company or individual you believed was unethical? B. In the moving Boiler Room‚ there are several different characters displaying unethical behavior including JT Marlin the Corporation‚ Seth and Chris. I. JT Marlin Corporation A. JT Marlin unethically sells stock 1. Sells stock for product that don’t currently exist 2. Pays 4x the commission allowable by law 3. Won’t sell stock to women
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AA St. Catherine “Solving Organizational Behaviour Issues” Table of Contents Introduction-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------P. 3 Revamped Job Design------------------------------------------------------------------------P. 3 Recommendation and Implementation Difficulties---------------------------------------P. 5 Increased Job Satisfaction Though Consistent Reward Systems-----------------------P. 6 Recommendation and Implementation
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Jessica Walsh MGT 282 22 January‚ 2009 Boiler Room Analysis A Primary Stakeholder is defined as those who are necessary for a firm to survive. A Secondary Stakeholders are not essential for the firm’s survival‚ and are not typically involved in any transactions with a company. The stakeholders affiliated with J.T. Marlin included the head bosses of the firm‚ as well as all the brokers. The clients of the firm‚ those who were investing their money in illegitimate companies‚ are also considered
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Business 260 Organizational Behaviour Winter 2012 University of Regina Faculty of Business Distance Learning Division—Centre for Continuing Education Instructor and Course Package Developer: Leah Knibbs Additional Support in Course Package Development: Gregory Bawden © Centre for Continuing Education‚ University of Regina‚ Regina‚ SK‚ Canada‚ 2011 2 Table of Contents GENERAL INFORMATION.........................................................................................
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