Ethical Concept analysis for the film Crash. The is a narrative PowerPoint presentation with a ethical concept clip.

1. Crash
Eastern Kentucky University
Brandon Hogan

2. Objective
• The first is to outline the characters within the Film
• Address corruption and misconduct
• Ascertain the ethical dilemmas in the film
• Identify the moral issues that take place within this film

3. Main Characters
• Sandra Bullock as Jean Cabot
• Don Cheadle as Detective Graham Waters
• Matt Dillon as Officer John Ryan
• Jennifer Esposito as Ria
• Michael Peña as Daniel Ruiz
• Brendan Fraser as Rick Cabot
• Terrence Howard as Cameron Thayer
• Chris "Ludacris" Bridges as Anthony
• Thandie Newton as Christine Thayer
• Ryan Phillippe as Officer Tom Hansen

4. Characters(cont’d)
• Larenz Tate as Peter Waters
• William Fichtner as Flanagan
• Beverly Todd as Mrs. Waters
• Keith David as Lt. Dixon
• Shaun Toub as Farhad
• Bahar Soomekh as Dorri
• Ashlyn Sanchez as Lara Ruiz
• Karina Arroyave as Elizabeth Ruiz

5. Characters(cont’d)
• Marina Sirtis as Shereen
• Nona Gaye as Karen
• Joe Bando as Wizkid
• Daniel Dae Kim as Park
• Bruce Kirby as 'Pop' Ryan
• Loretta Devine as Shaniqua Johnson
• Tony Danza as Fred
• Kathleen York as Officer Johnson
• Sylva Kelegian as Nurse Hodges

6. Corruption or Misconduct
• Officer John Ryan displayed some misconduct to Cameron Thayer’s
wife.
• Detective Graham Waters displayed a little bit of misconduct when he
was smoking on scene, or around the evidence
• Officer Tom Hansen shot and killed Anthony’s friend while he was
giving him a ride and took off
• Another part of corruption is when Flannagan tried to brush a murder
of a cop under the rug to claim that the white officer was defending
himself an convinces the Detective Graham Waters to accept this
conclusion.

8. Ethical dilemmas
• Anthony and his friend stole a car and ran over a Chinese man and was
unsure what to do with him
• Another ethical dilemma was when Cameron’s wife was being
searched inappropriately, and caused a dilemma for Cameron in how
to respond.
• Anthony took the vehicle that was owned by the Chinese person that
they ran over and noticed people locked inside.

9. Police Ethics Video

10. Moral Issues
• Racism
• Killing an innocent person in two occasions
• Stereotyping
• Sense of pride
• Discrimination (Age)
• Misunderstandings or failure to communicate with one another
• Veteran cop Rookie cop type of corruption
• Bias

11. Moral implications
• Loss in public confidence
• Loss of cost effectiveness

12. Conclusion
• Within this movie each character was dealt with some
ethical problems
• The corruption and misconduct within the police
department has been addressed as well as the moral
issues.
• There is a little utilitarian perspective within one of the
corruption/misconduct

13. References
• Crash film:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003BRS4RK/ref=atv_purch_to_
dp?ie=UTF8&ASINS=B003BRS4RK&a=B003BRS4RK&o=B003BR
S4RK&orderID=D01-4980421-9081555
• Polluck, J. (2014). Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice
(8th ed.). Belmont,, CA: Wadesworth Cengage Learning.