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This 8 page research paper describes the plot of the 2000 true-life story of the film Erin Brockovich, which involves the court case of that Brockovich had a major role in bringing about that aided the people of Hinkley, California. The writer discusses this case from the standpoint of various ethical frameworks. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Erin Brockovich and Ethics Research
Compiled By - properly! Released in 2000 and directed by
Steven Soderbergh, the film Erin Brockovich is based on a true story, which dramatizes the catastrophic health consequences that can result from environmental pollution. The following essay, first of all,
summarizes the plot of the movie, which draws on the true-life experience of the people of Hinkley, California, and then discusses how that situation is presented from an ethical perspective.
Summation of the movie plot The film begins by picturing Erin Brockovich, a single mother with three children, searching for a job. During the course of this search, a Jaguar
collides into her dilapidated car and she goes to court seeking damages, taking her case to the firm of Masry & Vititoe (Coulter, 2011). She loses her case and the
implication is that this was due to her revealing clothes, inappropriate language and the revelation that her children resulted from multiple failed marriages, which all combined to convince the jury
to view her less sympathetically than they did the successful defendant, a doctor, and his picture-perfect family (Coulter, 2011). Irate over losing her case, when Ed Masry assured her that
she would win and desperate to find a job, Erin manages to browbeat Masry into letting her work as a clerk in his law office (Grant and LaGravenese, 1999).
Erin becomes intrigued with one of the firms cases, which involves people living in Hinkley, who have all suffered from various forms of illness and cancer. Erins detective work indicates
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