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Ethical Dilemmas In The Insider

Ethical Dilemmas in The Insider

The movie The Insider is based on real-life events from the mid-nineties. Jeffrey Wigand was vice president of research at Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation, but was unsatisfied with the direction that the company was heading. He was fired when he started to vocalize concerns about just how dangerous cigarettes actually were and about the fact that the company was adding chemicals that made the cigarettes even more addictive. An investigative reporter at CBS's "60 Minutes", Lowell Bergman, convinces Wigand to testify to these allegations in an interview. Wigand risks his entire future by doing so. He is harassed and threatened for coming out with the information. Despite the risks that Wigand has taken, the executives at CBS decide not to air the interview because of fear of litigation from Brown and Williamson.
The key ethical dilemma presented in the movie is this decision whether or not to air the interview. The CBS executives decide not......


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