Contagion Movie Viewing Guide & Worksheet (Business Ethics)

**Add another interesting element to your Business Ethics Unit with this “Contagion” Movie Viewing Guide and Worksheet.
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The viewing guide is split into four sections to go along with the movie. Each of the four sections contains questions that are designed to make students think about the ethics and business supply chain principles at play in the film as well as to ensure that students are paying attention to the plot.

The Viewing Guide is two pages and splits the movie into four parts. (The parts are labeled for you on the Viewing Guide.) Once your students have completed the Movie Viewing Guide, they can move on to the Worksheet.

On the post-screening worksheet, your students will answer specific questions about the content in the film and think about the decisions made in the film in regards to business and personal ethics as well as supply chain management for the public and private sector during an emergency.

How the Lesson Works:
★ The Viewing Guide is split into four sections with short answer, true/false, and multiple choice questions from the movie.
★ The Post-Screening Worksheet is designed to be completed after students have viewed the movie in its entirety.

Movie Synopsis:
Soon after her return from a business trip to Hong Kong, Beth Emhoff dies from what is a flu or some other type of infection. Her young son dies later the same day. Her husband Mitch however seems immune. Thus begins the spread of a deadly infection. For doctors and administrators at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, several days pass before anyone realizes the extent or gravity of this new infection. They must first identify the type of virus in question and then find a means of combating it, a process that will likely take several months. As the contagion spreads to millions of people worldwide, societal order begins to break down as people panic.

Required Materials:
★ Contagion (2011) DVD or Streaming Capabilities