Business Ethics

Series of videos for teaching ethics topics from the University of Texas at Austin. Includes teaching notes.

Scott Harris shares what life is like for a redheaded man and interviews others who do not fit into mainstream society. - diversity

This documentary film is a study of one the 2001 collapse of the Enron Corporation, which resulted in criminal trials for several of the company's top executives during the ensuing Enron scandal. It also shows the involvement of the Enron traders in the California electricity crisis.

Erin Brockovich is an American legal clerk and environmental activist, who, despite her lack of formal education in the law, was instrumental in building a case against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) of California in 1993.

Builds a case against the growing privatization of the world's dwindling fresh water supply with an unflinching focus on politics, pollution, human rights and the emergence of a domineering world water cartel. Interviews with scientists and activists.

Narrated by Katie Couric, the film reveals a 30-year campaign by the food industry, aided by the U.S. government, to mislead and confuse the American public.

- foreclosures, financial crisis

- Halliburton, fracking

- climate change, oil industry

Featuring former lobbyist and convicted felon Jack Abramoff, this documentary explores the internal biases and external pressures he faced as well as the consequences of his unethical decision-making.

Michael Moore chronicles the efforts of the world's largest corporation, General Motors, as it turns its hometown of Flint, Michigan, into a ghost town.

Karen Silkwood becomes contaminated with plutonium at her job, voices her protest at the indifference and denial of her company, and becomes a threat to the nuclear industry and the government agencies that monitor it. Based on a true story.

- rangeland management, climate change

- insider trading

- social entrepreneurship