Season 1 Episode 1
Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams) is an intelligent former college student who was expelled. He makes a living with his natural intelligence and memory illegally by taking the law school admissions test for others. To raise money to pay for care for his grandmother, he agrees to deliver a large case of marijuana for his best friend and drug dealer Trevor (Tom Lipinski). The deal happens to be a sting operation which Mike discovers and tries to avoids, only to stumble into a job interview with Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht), a lawyer at Pearson Hardman and who is the best closer in New York City. Recently promoted to senior partner, Harvey must hire a Harvard Law degree associate. Mike uses his manipulative ways and knowledge
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of the law to prove he is the best choice, even though a he is a fraud. Mike is consequently hired, despite having neither received a college degree or attended Harvard Law. This series focuses on Mike and Harvey as they try cases for the firm while maintaining their secret. Management and Leadership In this episode, we see different types of leadership styles within the business and in the way they work on a daily basis. Leaders have visions for the future and set long term goals for reaching them in this case we look at Harvey Reginald Specter (Gabriel Macht) who was promoted senior partner at the prestigious New York law firm Pearson Hardman, and is known as one of the city's top litigators. He shows the style of Democratic or participative leadership. This style invites the team to contribute ideas and participate in the decision-making process. In this case we see him hiring a new “Harvard Law degree associate” Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams) who is an intelligent former college student. Who proves to Harvey Reginald Specter (Gabriel Macht) that he is the right person for the job, even though he is a fraud. Harvey is seen as a Laissez-faire leader because he does what he wants to do by hiring Mike even though he knew his qualifications. Together they become Authoritarian leaders by making people uneasy in their line of work. They make decisions on their own without consulting the staff. They consider it to be the quickest, most efficient method of making quick money making decisions. Season 1 Episode 2 “Following Trevor finding out about Mike's secret to Jessica (Gina Torres), she continues to let Mike work at the firm, which also coincides with co-founding partner Daniel Hardman (David Costabile) returning to the firm.
Jessica and Harvey fear his return to the firm is to take back his former position as managing partner, which will result in Jessica and Harvey being fired. A lawsuit charging fraud is filed against Pearson Hardman, and Harvey is accused of burying evidence and faces disbarment. Despite Harvey maintaining his innocence, Donna (Sarah Rafferty) finds and destroys the buried evidence, but is fired once Jessica finds out. Hardman and Jessica disagree on how to settle the case, which leads Hardman to challenge Jessica for the position of managing partner. Hardman battles with the firm, working as a contract lawyer for Rachel's father, well-known trial attorney Robert Zane, on multiple gender discrimination suits against one of the firm's clients. As a way to defeat Hardman, Jessica agrees to a merger with the British firm of Harvey's competitor and rival, Dana Scott (Abigail Spencer), which is led by Edward Darby (Conleth Hill). With frequent protests, Harvey tries to stop the merger out of fear that Edward and Scottie would gain complete control over Pearson Hardman. Mike, following the death of his grandmother, finds himself in a romantic entanglement with his now-married first love, Tess. Rachel (Meghan Markle) sees them together, which leads to a rift in their relationship, until Mike reveals his secret to
Rachel.” Conflict management We find that there is functional and dysfunctional conflict within their business. Functional conflict (non-aggressive) This is where people like Donna (Sarah Rafferty) finds and destroys the buried evidence and is therefore fired by Jessica because of an illegal act that has been taken place it was non-aggressive because they could have taken her to prison but instead fired her from the law firm. Dysfunctional conflict (aggressive) In this episode we find a lot of dysfunctional conflict between co-workers and head employers putting the whole business at risk for example: A lawsuit charging fraud is filed against Pearson Hardman, and Harvey is accused of burying evidence and he could go to prison. As well as protesting and illegal business deals to get to the top. All these things can be based on jealousy, feelings of inferiority, need to control or need to impress people and that is what Jessica is trying to do they can be after personal morals, beliefs and ethics or even oversensitivity and low self esteem. These all play into place throughout the characters of each of these individuals all trying to get to the top which causes various conflicts along the way. In order for them to solve the conflict there are the steps of resolution which can be followed. 1. Negotiation- the two parties (law firms) sit down and try to come to a compromise by themselves. 2. Conciliation- if negotiation is unsuccessful, a third person gets involved (this can either be a judge or the owner of the law firm) but only facilitates the discussion between these two firms. 3. Mediation- if conciliation does not work, the third person now gets more involved and will give advice but the ultimate decision is still up to the original parties involved. 4. Arbitration- if mediation has not solved the issue the decision is taken out of the hands of the original parties and the third person has to make the judgement call. Season 1 Episode 3 “The merger between Pearson and Darby International is now complete and Harvey, stinging from Jessica's refusal to make him a name partner, begins plotting with Darby to take her down. After Harvey manages to settle a case with his old mentor, Cameron Dennis (Gary Cole), Harvey's client, Ava Hessington (Michelle Fairley), is arrested for murder. Darby sends his "fixer", Stephen Huntley (Max Beesley), to help with the case. After first accepting Huntley after renegotiating Ava as a client, Harvey realizes Darby wants Huntley to help him completely take the firm from Jessica. Harvey informs Jessica, who says that if he wins the case, she will add him as name partner. Ava looks set to be convicted until Mike discovers Huntley was actually responsible for the murders, something of which Darby had no previous knowledge. Darby eventually agrees to testify against Huntley, only later realizing his own plea bargain will leave him unable to practice law in the United States. This allows Jessica to begin dissolution of the firm, and she allows Louis to lead on the dissolution talks, which leads to complications. Darby appoints Scottie to negotiate in the dissolution case, promising her a named partnership if she wins. After Harvey wins the trial, Ava sues the firm for malpractice and appoints Travis Tanner (Eric Close) as her attorney. Harvey is soon able to get Ava to withdraw the suit.” Professionalism and Ethics Ethical behaviour in the business practice Ethics means moral principles that guide choices between right and wrong. Business ethics are the ethics of managers and executives since they set the tone in the organisation. They are sometimes criticised for their business ethics because of greed, exploitation of workers and consumers and their abuse of positions of trust. A professional person is one who is paid to perform a specialised set of tasks. Codes of ethics A code of ethics for a business is often drawn up as a guide to enable employers and employees to make ethical decisions within the workplace. Decisions like making sure the client feels safe and that their work with Pearson Hardman is confidential, also to provide boundaries in the company to make sure certain individuals whether it be clients or employers and employees are meeting to the specific standards of the business Pearson Hardman. Ethical Practices Objectively and Impartiality- Pearson Hardman should look at each cases merits without becoming personally involved or biased. Transparency and Full Disclosure- deals and cases must be conducted openly so that there is no question of dishonesty or corruption. Confidentiality- as mentioned before clients like Ava and employee information between individuals like Harvey and Mike must not be disclosed or used for the benefit of the business. Due care- Pearson Hardman must take all reasonable steps to ensure that nothing goes wrong. Avoiding conflict of interest- Pearson Hardman employees and shareholders must ensure that their personal interests and business interests do not conflict with one another. Being committed and responsible- Pearson Hardman employees and stakeholders must give their best and make moral decisions. Care for the environment- Pearson Hardman must consider the impact of businesses decisions on the environment. Abiding by national and international law- Pearson Hardman must be knowledgeable about all relevant laws and operate according to them as they are a law firm. Professional Practices Harvey is an expert and has specialised knowledge in the field, excellent skills with the law profession, high quality of work and a master in the field. Principles of professionalism Respect Integrity Competency Confidentiality Objective Development. In conclusion this movie review covers all aspects of the grade 12 curriculum, as it covers more than just professionalism, ethics, conflict management as well as leadership and management but also labour relations and consumer protection. We look at various ways a business can down fall through discrimination, unethical behaviours towards employees and consumers. It is very important to follow the laws and regulations when it comes to consumer, labour and employee rights. Businesses are very important because it creates jobs, promotes and establishes the economy. Suits views the life of how people would do anything to get what they want in order to get to the top and be called the best at what they do and all of this revolve around business and how we can one day start our own businesses and know right from wrong in doing so. At the end of the day bad decisions in a company can cause multiple problems that can affect the future of the company and the lives of the staff within the company, when making decisions one needs to think of the long term advantages that it will bring. Illegal risks can affect the entire image of the business. Management decisions are important as well as being aware of what goes on around you in the company so that your job is not at risk and if so you know a way to solve possible conflicts within your working environment. The practises and ethics should be applied to our daily lives as in our businesses, it creates a healthy environment in order for there to be more production and less fighting, quality services and happy customers. Always remembering the customer comes first.
Mike was also a paranoid person. For example, he gave the wrong address and phone number to the school so if something happened they could not contact him.
Fahrenheit 451 By: Ray Bradbury Life may be confusing to you when your job is to commit arson to any house that has a book in it. At least that's the way it was for Guy Montag. Guy Montag was a fireman and in the future, a firefighters job wasn't to stop fires, but it was actually to start them. In the future, books were known as bad and shameful and if anyone had possession of a book whether it was in their house or in another person's house, then the house was to be burned.
Are you really happy? Or are you sad about something? Sad about life or money, or your job? Any of these things you can be sad of. Most likely you feel discontentment a few times a day and you still call yourself happy. These are the questions that Guy Montag asks himself in the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. In this book people are thinking they are happy with their lives. This is only because life is going so fast that they think they are but really there is things to be sad about. Montag has finally met Clarisse, the one person in his society that stops to smell the roses still. She is the one that gets him thinking about how his life really is sad and he was just moving too fast to see it. He realizes that he is sad about pretty much everything in his life and that the government tries to trick the people by listening to the parlor and the seashells. This is just to distract people from actual emotions. People are always in a hurry. They have 200 foot billboards for people driving because they are driving so fast that they need more time to see the advertisement. Now I am going to show you who are happy and not happy in the book and how our society today is also unhappy.
“Remember when we had to actually do things back in 2015, when people barely had technology and everyday life was so difficult and different? When people read and thought and had passions, dreams, loves, and happiness?” This is what the people of the book Fahrenheit 451 were thinking, well that is if they thought at all or even remembered what life used to be like before society was changed.
You take advantage of your life every day. Have you ever wondered why? You never really think about how much independence you have and how some of us treat books like they’re useless. What you don’t realize is that both of those things are the reason that we live in such a free society. If we didn’t have books and independence, we would treat death and many other important things as if it were no big deal. That is the whole point of Ray Bradbury writing this book.
In Federalist 10 James Madison argued that while factions are inevitable, they might have interests adverse to the rights of other citizens. Madison’s solution was the implementation of a Democratic form of government. He felt that majority rule would not eliminate factions, but it would not allow them to be as powerful as they were. With majority rule this would force all parties affiliate and all social classes from the rich white to the poor minorities to work together and for everyone’s opinion and views to be heard.
To start, the novel Fahrenheit 451 describes the fictional futuristic world in which our main protagonist Guy Montag resides. Montag is a fireman, but not your typical fireman. In fact, firemen we see in our society are the ones, who risk their lives trying to extinguish fires; however, in the novel firemen are not such individuals, what our society think of firemen is unheard of by the citizens of this futuristic American country. Instead firemen burn books. They erase knowledge. They obliterate the books of thinkers, dreamers, and storytellers. They destroy books that often describe the deepest thoughts, ideas, and feelings. Great works such as Shakespeare and Plato, for example, are illegal and firemen work to eradicate them. In the society where Guy Montag lives, knowledge is erased and replaced with ignorance. This society also resembles our world, a world where ignorance is promoted, and should not be replacing knowledge. This novel was written by Ray Bradbury, He wrote other novels such as the Martian chronicles, the illustrated man, Dandelion wine, and something wicked this way comes, as well as hundreds of short stories, he also wrote for the theater, cinema, and TV. In this essay three arguments will be made to prove this point. First the government use firemen to get rid of books because they are afraid people will rebel, they use preventative measures like censorship to hide from the public the truth, the government promotes ignorance to make it easier for them to control their citizens. Because the government makes books illegal, they make people suppress feelings and also makes them miserable without them knowing.
It's been five days since my family's death, I am still grieving over them but I don't let that affect my work. I've been working a lot harder so I don't let them down, I'm getting good praise from my lord at the moment, it's very refreshing. I earned a hand me down tunic for my hard work and I love it! I've never been Given anything as needed or special as this. Today's duties for me include: going to the markets and getting some food and water for the lord and the animals, planting some new seeds, and washing the lords’ horses. It's a pretty easy day for me, but tomorrow it'll be back to hard work. It's my birthday tomorrow, not that anyone knows that, but I turn 18, sometimes I wished that once I turned this age I would be allowed to leave
Henry David Thoreau, a famous American author, once said that “What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?” Essentially, Thoreau is saying that even though people are normal, we as a society are not and have various faults. Ray Bradbury reflects upon Thoreau’s ideas in his novel entitled Fahrenheit 451. Despite that fact that Bradbury is describing how society might look in the future, he is actually criticizing the society we live in today. In the novel, Guy Montag, the protagonist, realizes that his supposed utopian society is actually a dystopia. Montag finally realizes this when Clarisse, his young neighbor, asks him if he is happy. Although Montag believes that he is happy, it becomes clear later in the novel that he is not. Montag finds countless faults in his society. Throughout the novel, Bradbury’s goal is to warn the reader of faults in society, such as the education system and our attachment to technology.
“There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar;...” These are the thoughts of Lord Byron, a british poet, on experiencing the power of nature. A similar sentiment is seen in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 as one of the main themes. The thought is expressed a little differently, but it can be seen in many situations throughout the book. Although people try to feel alive using objects or superficial feelings, nature and people are what truly bring a person the feeling of being alive.
Everyone has the ability to look at where the world is today and picture what the future might hold. That’s exactly what Huxley, Orwell and Bradbury did in their futuristic novels, though exaggerating quite a bit. In Huxley’s novel Brave New World, he depicts a society where people are decanted from bottles instead of being born from mothers. George Orwell gives us a glimpse at a world where everything is regulated, even sex, in his novel 1984. Bradbury foresaw the future in the most accurate way in his novel Fahrenheit 451; writing about a future without literature to guard the people from negative feelings, just as our college campuses in America are doing by adding trigger warnings to books with possible offensive content.
The North Korean government is known as authoritarian socialist; one-man dictatorship. North Korea could be considered a start of a dystopia. Dystopia is a community or society where people are unhappy and usually not treated fairly. This relates how Ray Bradbury's 1953 novel Fahrenheit 451 shows the readers how a lost of connections with people and think for themselves can lead to a corrupt and violent society known as a dystopia.
Fahrenheit 451’s Relevance to Today Fahrenheit 451’s relevance to today can be very detailed and prophetic when we take a deep look into our American society. Although we are not living in a communist setting with extreme war waging on, we have gained technologies similar to the ones Bradbury spoke of in Fahrenheit 451 and a stubborn civilization that holds an absence of the little things we should enjoy. Bradbury sees the future of America as a dystopia, yet we still hold problematic issues without the title of disaster, as it is well hidden under our democracy today. Fahrenheit 451 is much like our world today, which includes television, the loss of free speech, and the loss of the education and use of books. Patai explains that Bradbury saw that people would soon be controlled by the television and saw it as the creators chance to “replace lived experience” (Patai 2).
Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks) is one of Philadelphia's most promising lawyers. He's the hot rookie and is hired by a top law firm headed by Charles Wheeler (Jason Robards). Andy is also gay and dying from AIDS. When the physical signs of the disease begin to manifest themselves, the firm gets cold on Andy and he's out of a job. They tell him it's because he has an attitude problem and his work is mediocre, but Andy knows it's more personal than that. After no other law firm will take his case for unfair dismissal, his last resort is old adversary Joe Miller (Denzel Washington). Joe, a homophobe with an innate fear of AIDS, is reluctant to take the case also because of his personal reasons, but after seeing Andy humiliated in a public library, can't resist standing his corner with him.
Control feels good, people say, “take control of your life … control who is in your life … control your day … seize your day … carpe diem … control, control, control!” In today’s age of technology, we have many ways to control what we do, but is all of this perceived control giving us a false sense of control? Is the illusion that everything is fine just a facade strengthened by the desires of more impatient, feel good, pleasure-seeking society? This is the reality of a dystopian America in the novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Things like virtual families and the decline and outlaw of books in the active search for quick and fast gratification. This gives most people in that society the