Essay On Scarface And Double Indemnity

The American corporate system has long faced ethical concerns amongst the citizens of the United States. Often, corporate greed undermines morality and often furthers an agenda that puts profit ahead of people. A prime historical example of this case in ethical obligations is the case of the Enron Scandal of 2001. The CEOs of this Scandal hid millions of dollars of debt from their balance sheets and were able to extort money from shareholders based on surging stock prices, fueled solely on false pretenses propagated by the CEO (citation). This is a modern example of an ethical lapse by a corporate model catering to the public. This same notion of moral wrong-doing is equivalent to the movies Scarface and Double Indemnity. This paper will discuss

When Neff and Phyllis concoct a plan to kill her husband, Neff’s expertise in the insurance field is essential in executing the plan (pun intended).In order to invoke the Double Indemnity clause, the death must be an accident. Phyllis and Neff devise a plan that takes place when Phyllis takes Dietrichson to a train station where he is planning to travel to California. Neff hides in the backseat and executes the husband when they veer into an empty street. Neff then takes Dietrichson’s crutches and impersonates him on the train. He jumps off the train and meets Phyllis to stage the crime scene. Historically, this level of knowledge can be attribute to “insider trading.” Insider trading is anything, that is confidential, that gives someone an advantage in the stock market. Although Neff and Phyllis’ plan fails, this speaks to the generally ruthless efficiency that encompasses the corporate world. Corporations, like Phyllis, have used illicit means to try to defraud the system for a self-serving gain. In 2001 Martha Stewart received an illegal tip from one of her advisors regarding the depreciating stock of “ImClone Systems” (citation). The ruthless efficiency of Neff in Double Indemnity speaks to