The Circle Organization
This week, you will watch a movie, The Circle, and reflect on whether the central character, Mae Holland, is a mentor. Your discussion will draw from this movie, so I recommend reviewing the discussion questions before watching the movie.
• Bregman, A., Goetzman, G., Hanks, T., & Ponsoldt, J. (Producers). (2017). The Circle [Online movie]. Available from http://a(dot)co/0FvPsGy (watch all 110:00)
The instructor wasn't able to find a free version--though if you have Amazon Prime it's free there. Feel free to find a summary of the plot somewhere if renting is inconvenient.
View The Circle. Answer these questions, provide answers followed by each question:
1.What did the organization need to decide?
2.What were the one or more moral problems?
3.How, if at all, did you empathize with Mae?
4.For what reasons, if any, did you admire Mae?
5.How, if at all, did you identify with Mae?
6.Is Mae one of your mentors? For what reasons?
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What did the organization need to decide?
The Circle Organization needed to decide how it would rope in all its employees into signing in to their cult-like initiative known as SeeChange. The initiative involves people wearing cameras throughout, publicizing their lives in a bid to be transparent.
What were the one or more moral problems?
Invasion of privacy through the SeaChange initiative is a significant moral problem. The cameras gave the company access to one’s life, forcing people and those close to them to bear it all out even against their will. Another moral problem was collecting people’s personal information through the numerous activities the Circle campus offered to use them in controlling them.
How, if at all, did you empathize with Mae?
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