Aaron Sorkin's A Few Good Men

Some people believe that the more money a person has, the less satisfied the person is in life. Women’s emotions are not affected the same, but some women’s emotions are affected differently by dealing with different men with different income compared to other men. The show, Mad Men, takes place in the 1960’s New York, portraying the life of the protagonist, Don Draper (Jon Hamm), the Creative Director of Sterling Cooper Agency, an advertising agency owned by Roger Sterling (John Slattery). Don Draper is praised for his work, but many of the employees in the company, like Draper, are filled with arrogance and disrespect that not only the men face, but the women tolerate. The episode “Shoot” mainly focuses on how Don does not want his wife, Betty Draper (January Jones), to model again, on how the agency is trying to figure out how to stop John F. Kennedy’s campaign on the air, and how Don is trying to figure out to leave Sterling Cooper Agency and work for McCann-Erikson Firm, a different advertising agency. Throughout the episode, many can notice the men degrading and utilizing the women in the episode by making rude, sexual remarks towards the women or competing to be better than the women. Betty symbolizes a married woman who becomes more dependent as her husband becomes more successful. Betty’s expectation to be a dutiful, nurturing mother is displayed in her mother-daughter relationship. This episode’s depiction of working, single women indicates that single women are

(2) having knowledge of any other lawful order issued by any member of the armed forces, which it is his duty to obey, fails to obey the order; or

Finally, probably the most popular and the most perplexing ethical issue of the play is Dawson and Downey’s choice to go through with the ordered code red. It’s hard to say whether this issue is either ethical or unethical because it is in such a grey area. According to the play, the marines are to always follow orders from superiors and never question those orders. If they do, there will be consequences. So, since Jessep ordered the code red and Dawson and Downey were only part of the chain of command, did Dawson and Downey do anything wrong? This is where the issue gets cloudy. Dawson and Downey had to make a choice on whether to do the right thing and follow their morals and save Santiago. Their other choice was to follow orders, play it safe, and do what they have been trained to do which is follow orders. Ultimately, they messed up because they didn’t help someone who was in need. If I were a friend or mentor of these men, I would have advised them to disobey and follow their morals. They would have also been presented with consequences for taking this path, but they should have chosen to endure them for Santiago. I

Go back in time, prior to hitting those yellow footprints, whether it be in San Diego or Perris Island. You are sitting on your couch and the United States Marine Corps TV commercial, America`s Few comes on. In this commercial, as Marines run towards ‘the calling’ you hear in the background rifle cracking as the silent drill team handles rifles with bayonets with extreme precision. The cracking rifle sound serves as a “call,” ‘spiritually speaking. We might think of it, and the honorable President Obama has made this very timely, as the “call to service” or the “call less heeded” instead of “the road less traveled’. ‘You can’t just answer the call, you must also prove worthy of the title before you take your place in the line of America’s Marines–the purpose for which our protagonists began the journey and, importantly, issue the call to others down the generations.’’ Throughout a Marines career, drill and ceremonies are a constant because ‘‘the object of close order drill is to teach Marines by exercise to obey orders and to do so immediately in the correct way. Close order drill is one foundation of discipline and esprit de

I am a Marine Judge Advocate with over 18 years of service. I say that not to admit guilt but to state pride in my duties and profession, the profession of arms. Despite the well-worn clichés and easy cynicism about lawyers, I am an unabashed leader of Marines who questions whether there is a better approach to character development in our Corps and the oft mere reliance on the ‘judge’ or ‘chaplain’ to teach ethics to our Marines. As a Corps, we need to do more to ensure the character that takes command in moments of crucial choices, as emphasized by President Reagan in the quote above, is beyond reproach and well-developed in our Marines. A question that flows from this is whose responsibility is it to develop character in the profession of arms? In short, character development is each leader’s daily responsibility. The purpose of this article is to educate and stimulate thought and dialogue in leaders that facilitates critical thinking about their role in the development of character within our profession.

All the President 's Men can be seen as an historical document describing journalism during the 70’s. Along with this, we learn how paranoia affects individuals and the publishing process. The film also gives us some insight on how American institutions such as newspapers and the government are viewed. Some opinions vary, due to paranoia or belief in a conspiracy. The film covers the major political scandal known as Watergate, and the subsequent investigation and reporting through Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.

Setting the example is lacking in the Marine Corps. The Marine Corps has been in the spotlight since its existence. The Marine Corps used to be the best fighting force, but lately the Marine Corps has been lacking maturity. Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO’S) have been committing murder, dehumanizing, and violating laws.

Throughout history, the United States military has given birth to many highly successful leaders and generals. General Douglas MacArthur has long been considered as one of these leaders. Although historians have scrutinized his failures , he has maintained a prominent reputation as an extraordinary military leader. His father, General Arthur MacArthur, famously told him, “There are times when a truly remarkable soldier must resort to unorthodox behavior, disobeying his superiors to gain the greater glory.” Consequently, Douglas MacArthur established his reputation by disobeying direct orders. These incidents in many ways defined and although made him controversial also helped to make him famous. MacArthur’s

Alan Menken, a famous Composer, Actor, and Artist, was born on July 22,1949 in New Rochelle, New York. Alan received a taste of the music life from the start, his mother, Judy Menken, was a young actress/playwright and his father, Norman Menken, DDS, was a piano playing dentist (Biography Comments 1). His whole family loved Broadway musicals and they spent many nights together just listening to his father play piano, Alan once said, “I showed an interest in piano at a very young age, but I hated to practice, so when my parents left the room I 'd make up my own version of the piece. That 's how I started composing” (The Whole New World of Alan Menken 1). Menken lived a very happy and prosperous childhood at home with his sisters Faye and Leah until 1966 when he moved out to attend college. He attended New York University’s College of Arts and Sciences with a Musicology degree, and was admitted into the BMI Musical Theater Workshop, where he wrote small musicals for them but would also sneak away to the piano room and compose songs that he kept to himself. In 1968 he wrote his first musical, Separate Ways, for NYU. (Biography Comments 1). When Menken graduated from NYU, he wrote a few musicals for The Downtown Ballet Company that were not very successful, but he considers it one of the best moments of his life because it is where he met a ballet dancer who eventually became his wife of forty-four years, Janis Roswick.

Santiago compared unfavorably to his fellow Marines, had poor relations with them and failed to respect the chain of command. He went above his superiors to bargain for a transfer in exchange for blowing the whistle on Dawson for firing a

The film A Few Good Men is filled with characters each with a different ethical perspective. Their views of right and wrong, their moral values, and their beliefs, all differ from one another. Colonel Jessup, Lieutenant Commander JoAnne Galloway, Lance Corporal Harold W. Dawson, and Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee each have a different personal ethical perspective. Each of these character’s concept of right and wrong is displayed in the film and their moral values are brought to surface.

I did what It was required to do as a cold machine, sign here and move out, however as time leaps ahead sometimes in the middle of the night when I am doing my rounds I recall the vivid expression of their faces. I am going to evaluate my performance, the individual whom wrote the initial report and the person being evaluated for misconduct. “I will obey the orders of the officer appointed over me” Oaths of Enlistment and Oaths of Office. Center of Military History. United States Army.

Dr. Phil interviews a military Ranger, Alex, who robbed a bank inadvertently. The Ranger was under the impression that he was taking place in a military drill, as his superior ordered a “hit” on the bank. Alex, like Dawson, received orders from a commanding officer to carry out an act he would not perform on his own accord. Alex claimed he felt as though “something was off,” but he completed the robbery anyway, because he was ordered to (“When Good People do Bad Things”). Zimbardo would attribute Alex’s actions to the situational force of the military training he was under; similarly, he would credit Dawson’s actions to a deep respect for the military code: “unit, corps, God, country.” Suicide checks, in which a solider puts a gun to his/her head and pulls the trigger, not knowing whether it is loaded or not, provide an example of the extreme dictation of the military code over soldiers (“When Good People do Bad Things”). This example effectively provides reasoning to why Dawson repetitively stresses that his actions were not wrong, and he will not disrespect the code by agreeing to Kaffee and Ross’ bargain that would allow him to go home in six months. If true, this helps explain how terrorists are willing to commit depraved actions, because it furthers a cause they deem more important than their crime. Kelman and Hamilton logically utilize Zimbardo’s concept of situational forces and

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He drew on his own experiences, both inside and outside the Navy. Much of what he believed was based on his wife’s experience as a high school teacher. As much as I tried to convince him, it was to no avail, because he had a set of beliefs about discipline that guided every decision he made.