The Insider

Please answer the questions. There are no right or wrong answers. This is a discussion of how you feel about different aspects of what happened in the movie. Do not answer "yes" or "no" to any question. You must elaborate on your answer. You must use COMPLETE sentences!
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  1. What do you think of Dr. Wigand's character?


  1. What made him change his mind about "blowing the whistle" on the tobacco company?


  1. What could have done differently? What would you have done?


  1. Who in the movie did you think acted ethically?


  1. How do you feel the tobacco company acted and did they have ulterior motives?


  1. How do you feel 60 Minutes treated Dr. Wigand?


  1. How do you feel Mr. Bergman treated Dr. Wigand?


  1. How did corporate America try to stop Dr. Wigand from going public? Was it ethical?


  1. What would you have done in the same situation as Dr. Wigand?


  1. How do you feel about the tobacco companies engineering tobacco to increase the effect of nicotine in cigarettes to make them more addictive? It it ethical?





Mrs. Faust
CTE Teacher/Dept. Chair
Hendrickson High School
Austin, TX