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a former employee who tells Erin that he while he was working at the plant he was ordered to destroy many of the old documents, however he kept some of them and turned them over. The documents included memos from the PG&E corporate office to the Hinkley plant, establishing that corporate officers has knowledge of the illegal dumping of contaminated water into those unlined pools (tcm web site). The Law firm won the case in the end with the verdict that Pacific Gas & Energy had to compensate the

The movie Erin Brockovich is based on actual events involving a corporate business called Pacific Gas & Electric who knowingly endangering the health of residents and the water supply in the town of Hinkley. Erin is the mother of three children who is out of work. In the midst of her job search she got into an auto accident and was injured. Erin has an ethical and moral responsibility to feed her children so she forces her lawyer Ed Masry to give her a secretarial job after he failed to get her

fourteen years, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company had been dumping water containing chromium six into ponds and covering them over. The ponds were not lined and the chromium based water leaked into the local water supply exposing residents of Hinkley, California to chromium six. Repeated exposure to hexavalent chromium causes chronic headaches, cancer, nose bleeds, bone and organ deterioration, respiratory failure, liver failure, heart failure, bone or organ

accompanied with medical records. These caught her attention, and made further investigations. One of the evidence she discovered is the main reason for the Hinkley, California residents’ numerous cases of serious illness, the Hexavalent

defendants, victims, a large sum of money, etc. This being said, however, the main character of the film, Erin Brockovich, plays an uncommon role. She starts off at the firm as the secretary, and ends up becoming a monumental force for the people of Hinkley, California in their fight against Pacific Gas and Energy (PG&E). This movie portrays the significance of Rights Claiming and how it affected Erin Brockavich personally,

In this case, PG&E deceived the entire town of Hinkley by allowing them to believe that their water source was safe. Deception was clearly portrayed throughout the film, with a particularly good example toward the beginning of the movie. The film described how PG&E held a meeting with 200 people from Hinkley to explain the benefits of PG&E using chromium 3 at their plant. Chromium 3 is similar to hexavalent chromium (or

Erin Brockovich (2000) is a film written by Susannah Grant and directed by Steven Soderbergh. Based on a successful lawsuit by an environmental lawyer of the same name against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) of California, this film covers a wide range of popular cultural and sociological themes. It addresses issues such as lack of formal training and opportunity to capable individuals, stereotyping of women and the struggle for justice which are some of the most prevalent sociological

In this paper, I will be applying the relational theory on a scene from the movie “Erin Brockovich”. I choose a scene that happened between Erin and her boyfriend George. In the scene Erin was coming late from work and George was waiting for her in their bedroom. He packed his bag and was prepared to leave the house. While he was waiting he had an earrings in his hand that he bought as a gift to Erin that he never had a chance to give it to her, since she was busy with her work for the last six months

Ethical Issues in film Erin Brockovich There are many ethical issues in the movie Erin Brockovich. This movie is about a mother of three who uncovers a water poisoning case by Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) in southern California. Erin has the responsibility to feed and educate her three children and she has a general distrust of people. She begins by forcing her lawyer Ed Masry to give her a secretarial job after he failed to get her a settlement from an auto accident. She doesn't exactly

Erin Brockovich Leadership Review MSA 601 Organizational Dynamics and Human Behavior Submitted by: Tabitha McDaniel Project Instructor: Kenneth Lynch November 11, 2014 Erin Brockovich “Leadership always comes down to a question of character.” - Management expert Warren Bennis (Judge,1999) Being a good leader is done by making the correct choices and inspiring people to complete their tasks and work together as a