The Movie Erin Brocovich Directed By Steven Soderbergh

The film ‘Erin Brocovich’ , directed by Steven Soderbergh is a movie narrative based off of true life events. The biographical film, follows the life of a single mother, who is financially unstable by the name of Erin Brocovinch. Erin works as a law firm and her ultimate goal is to uncover and expose a company that is practicing dangerous and unethical behavior. The movie touches on many unethical issues and focuses on negative corporate social responsibility. Stakeholders that are associated with the main company P.G E (Pacific Gas and Electric Company) in the film are the residents of Hinkley California, P.G E employees and the government. Both the residents of Hinkley and employees of P.G E are immediate external stakeholders of the company. They are consumers of the electricity that the company produces. Residents were greatly affected by the companies’ unethical behavior. P.G E was convicted of using a dangerous chemical called ‘Chromium IV’. The chemical was used with water to cool down the companies’ machinery and to prevent erosion. After using the mixture of water and chromium the company deliberately disposed of the excess water into neighboring ponds. This action resulted in polluted water, and a contaminated water supply for the residents of Hinkley. 600 people within the community suffered from negative medical side-effects from the consumption of the contaminated water. This water crisis also impacted the community in more way than one, local