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Two recent films by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, David Mamet, can provide opportunities for observing student reactions to ethically troublesome situations and for discussing business-communication ethics in the classroom. The key question addressed in this article is whether business-communication courses, for example, those in public relations, can encourage students to make the "metaphoric leap" and apply Mamet's messages to class readings and discussions on ethical problems or challenges. Through showing two films in their entirety and conducting focus groups among upper-level undergraduates, the authors find that there is instructional value in using Mamet's films to discuss ethics in business-related settings.
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Berger, J., Pratt, C.B. Teaching Business-Communication Ethics with Controversial Films. Journal of Business Ethics 17, 1817–1823 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005764931816
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005764931816