Determined to rise to the top, Bud Fox, a junior stockbroker, has been working endlessly to make ends meet – from personal financial obligations, to proving to his father that he will surmount all of his struggles. Fox is influenced by Gordon Gekko, a wealthy Wall Street mogul, who he admires and envisions of becoming someday. Carl, Fox’s father, is a blue-collar aviation mechanic for Bluestar Airlines and president of Bluestar’s machinists’ union. Throughout the entire film, we observe how Gekko’s values are inconsistent with Carl’s values – that success is achieved through hard work, not venturing on the goods and services of others. Throughout Wall Street, all five ethical values of human communication are exemplified in the film. Truth, justice, freedom, care, and integrity are embodied in several scenes. Bud Fox faced an ethical dilemma where he found himself caught up and indulging in insider trading, which essentially alarmed the U.S. …show more content…
Gekko ends up striking Fox in the face and accuses him for lack of appreciation for the illicit trades that he allowed Fox to conduct in the first place. Carl eventually becomes pleased with the fact that his son turned down Gekko’s deceitful proposal to buy Bluestar and rather save the airline company instead. Carl was more of an ideal influence on his son instead of Gekko. Gekko illustrated an image of promise perks for Bud, that did not benefit him in any shape or form in the end. The ethical dilemma Fox found himself drowning in, affected his relationship between him and his father. Fortunately, going to prison was his best option. It would allow for him to clean up his dirty and illegal acts, and stick to his father’s words, that success is earned and not