Tag Archives: decision-making

Ethical Issues and Dilemmas

The Heat

Title: The Heat

Date: 2013

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Ethical Issues and Dilemmas

Keywords: Adulthood, conflict management, decision making, family demographics, work and family, social and cultural influences, parent child relationships

Rating: R – Restricted

Audience(s): College Age, Adults, Parents, Couples

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Sarah Ashburn is an FBI agent with her eyes on a promotion. However, her conflict with coworkers is keeping her from that promotion. He boss senders her to Boston on a mission to uncover the identity of a drug lord, Mr. Larkin. Agent Ashburn is forced to work alongside agent Shannon Mullins, who is from the area and very territorial about where she grew up. The pair are in constant disagreement on how to go about finding Larkin. The movie follows Ashburn and Mullins as they track down Larkin and try to shut down his drug trade.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: In what ways do Ashburn and Mullins value family differently? Even though everyone in Mullins family are all adults they can never seem to get along and behave. How does Mullins family feel that her job is creating a wedge between them?

Places to view: Itunes, Youtube, Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play

Contributor: Krista Hamann

Families in Society

Neighbors

Title: Neighbors

Date: 2014

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Families in Society

Keywords: decision making, conflict management, response to crisis

Rating: R – Restricted

Audience(s): College Age, Adults, Parents, Couples

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Kelly and Mac are excited to move into their new home with their newborn daughter, only to find out that the house they bought is next to a fraternity. One night, Kelly and Mac go over to the fraternity and ask the fraternity president, Pete, to turn the music down because their daughter is sleeping. One night when the fraternity doesn’t keep the noise down, Mac calls the police. With that one call, Kelly and Mac started a war with the fraternity.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: What steps do Kelly and Mac take to protect their daughter over the course of the movie? Do you think the couple’s actions would have been if their daughter was a different age?

Places to view: Itunes, Youtube, Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play

Contributor: Krista Hamann

Ethical Issues and Dilemmas

Something Borrowed

Title: Something Borrowed

Date: 2011

Media type: Film

Format: Complete

Category: Ethical Issues and Dilemmas

Keywords: Adulthood, decision-making, parent-child relationships

Rating: PG 13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned’

Audience(s): High School Age, College Age, Adults, Parents, Couples

Language: English

Film/Episode Summary: Rachel and Darcy have been best friends since childhood. When Rachel goes off to law school, she meets a man, Dex, who she falls in love with. Rachel never had the courage to tell Dex about her feelings, and as a result, her best friend Darcy went after Dex and now they are engaged to be married. Eventually, Rachel and Dex start an affair behind Darcy’s back while she is busy with wedding planning.

Comments or Recommendations for Teaching: How do Rachel and Darcy’s parent react to the predicament that they have put themselves in? How active of a role do you think their parents should have played considering that their children are now adults?

Places to view: Itunes, Youtube, Amazon Video, Vudu, Google Play

Contributor: Krista Hamann