Sept. 26 Enron

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Sept. 26 Enron

• 1.Describe Enrons corporate strategy and culture
  and incentive system as reported in the film. Why
  did the company fail?
• 2.What type of narrative is Enron? How is this
  narrative structured? How is the story developed?
  What role do interviews play? How are music and
  visuals used? Is the narrative effective?

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• 3.What is your assessment of Lay and Skilling as
  leaders? Do you sympathize with them? Were they
  being honest?
• 4.Explain the analogy of the Milgam obedience
  experiment. (Remember that 50 of those who
  participated inflicted potentially lethal
  electric shocks.) What were the implications of
  the experiment for participants? For experimental
  social science?

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• 5.What different roles does government play in
  the movie? Think, in particular, of former
  California Governor Gray Davis and his
  administration, members of Congress conducting
  hearings on Enron, and President Bush and
  Vice-President Cheney. Comment on its
  justification for and effectiveness in each.