Abstract
The first part presents forms and types of workplace harassment and infringements of business and professional ethics. Cases include Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Company (1988), and some controversial psychological experiments involving human subjects (the Murray Experiments on mind control during 1959–1962, the Milgram Experiment on obedience during 1961–1963, the Stanford Prison Experiment on the psychology of imprisonment in 1971). We present feature film adaptations of some of those studies, such as North Country (2005), Stanford Prison Experiment (2015), and Experimenter (2015). Additional films include The Hunt (2012) addressing mob mentality, and Whiplash (2014) questioning the unorthodox measures of the teacher. The second part presents cases of workplace violence and film discussions on A Most Violent Year (2014), Money Monster (2016), Network (1976), and Rollerball (1975). The third part discusses workplace inequity and inequality, mentioning the case of the Ford sewing machinists strike in 1968, the basis for Made in Dagenham (2010), and the 2008 case of Peggy Young versus UPS in violating the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. Additional films include Working Girl (1988) and The Devil Wears Prada (2006).
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This is stated on the U.S. Department of Labor web site: https://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/crc/2011-workplace-harassment.htm.
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See the description http://www.nij.gov/topics/crime/rape-sexual-violence/campus/pages/welcome.aspx.
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The Belmont report (September 30, 1978) is available from the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research, Department of Health, Education and Welfare (DHEW) at https://videocast.nih.gov/pdf/ohrp_belmont_report.pdf.
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See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLqrVCi3l6E (4:38–5:20, 57–58).
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The video of original Milgram Obedience Study (9 minutes) is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCVlI-_4GZQ.
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See the report entitled “Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct” at http://www.apa.org/ethics/code/code-1992.aspx.
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See the lyrics of Bob Dylan’s Do right to me Baby at http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/bobdylan/dorighttomebabydountoothers.html.
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The expression “breaking the fourth wall” is used to state that an actor suspends the performance and is addressing directly the audience. It is usually done to make the spectator an accomplice in the action or to draw attention to the character’s thoughts directly. This is used in films and plays.
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The use of visual similarities to create correspondences is prominent in the montage proposed by Dziga Vertov, see (Skorin-Kapov 2017, p. 11).
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For different approaches see, for example, https://themarcofeed.wordpress.com/2015/04/14/whiplash-a-film-analysis-on-the-key-elements-of-the-film/ and http://belongmusic.com/andrew-whiplash-character-analysis-part-1/.
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See the at-a-glance description of OSHA at https://www.osha.gov/Publications/3439at-a-glance.pdf.
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Types of workplace violence are listed at http://safety.blr.com/workplace-safety-news/emergency-planning-and-response/violence-in-workplace/4-Types-of-Workplace-Violence-Whats-Your-Greatest-/.
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See the description at https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/workplaceviolence/.
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See the article from Safety.BLR.com from 2015 entitled “4 Types of Workplace Violence: What’s Your Greatest Risk?” https://safety.blr.com/workplace-safety-news/emergency-planning-and-response/violence-in-workplace/4-Types-of-Workplace-Violence-Whats-Your-Greatest-/.
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The interactive map of U.S. updated mass shootings is available at https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/mass-shootings-in-america/.
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There are many films depicting workplace violence, see for example https://blogs.cdc.gov/niosh-science-blog/2015/12/18/movie-list-2/.
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A24 and A Most Violent Year presented an original short documentary featuring stories from 1981, one of the most dangerous years on record for New York City: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWI8mSPZeC0.
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The two reviews are: in 1976: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/network-1976 and afterwards in 2000: http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-network-1976.
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See the discussion in Skorin-Kapov (2017, pp. 61, 81–82).
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Jean-Paul Sartre was the main proponent of Existentialism and his major work is Being and Nothingness (Sartre 1984).
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See Ford’s guidelines at http://corporate.ford.com/microsites/sustainability-report-2015-16/doc/sr15-code-of-conduct.pdf.
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The report is available at https://www.aauw.org/aauw_check/pdf_download/show_pdf.php?file=The-Simple-Truth. Another report with data on pay inequality is available at: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/07/01/racial-gender-wage-gaps-persist-in-u-s-despite-some-progress/.
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