Disclosure

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Paper III: “Disclosure”
The Movie “Disclosure” bases sexual harassment as a use of power, as demonstrated by the character Meredith Johnson. And sexual Harassment is a morally wrong action in any case. The most morally wrong action portrayed in this film is the sexual harassment that Meredith Johnson conflicts upon Tom Sanders. He said no 31 times and still she persisted on getting her way. You see Meredith Johnson was the one with all of the power at this moment, making her the moral agent and Tom Sanders the moral patient. Meredith had the power to not enact sexually with Tom but she did anyway.
Phil Blackburn, Garvin’s assistant, committed the second most morally wrong action. He was the deceiver in this film. There is always one person you just can’t trust and Phil Blackburn was portrayed as that person in the movie. He tried to befriend Tom Sanders, when in real life he was set out to do Meredith’s and Garvin’s dirty work and crush him. I mean true in a way it could be seen as a moral obligatory, seeing as Phil is supposed to do as he is told by is boss, but there is a time to draw the line when you are hurting someone else. And after all is said and done it becomes just wrong to be the undermined cooperative of a big scam to get one man fired.
And CEO Garvin committed the last morally wrong action. This is where utilitarianism comes into effect (the wrongness of benefit gained by the few at the expense if the many). The top people of Digicom, which includes Garvin where only worried about the millions of dollars they might lose, and not about the issues going on at the office. So what if there was sexual harassment, just solve the problem quietly so it doesn’t destroy my business. That’s Gavin’s thinking. He put the company in jeopardy with this scam to fire Tom Sanders. Had Tom not been prepared that Friday morning with the facts about Malaysia, hundreds of people at digicom would have ...