Jeffrey Wigand,Former head,Brown&Williamson Tobacco Company-Short film by iMTech 2013(Ethics Course) — Transcript

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1. 0:00the story is of a man who knew too much
2. 0:02the year nineteen ninety-five the
3. 0:06tobacco industry of big tobacco is in
4. 0:08full bloom multibillion-dollar venue
5. 0:11smoking is safe nicotine is non
6. 0:15addictive big tobacco has not lost a
7. 0:18single health lawsuit big tobacco exudes
8. 0:21power and influence into the mire beyond
9. 0:24Jeffrey Wigand was a man who knew a
10. 0:27secret a secret which could tell Vic
11. 0:30tobacco nicotine killers but will he
12. 0:34choose to whistle out will he become the
13. 0:37prophet of doom board meeting hook Brown
14. 0:42& Williamson is in progress mr. Jeffrey
15. 0:45Wigand vice president of corporate
16. 0:48research is being fired by mr. Thomas
17. 0:51sandifer CEO as head of research you
18. 0:58still stand by a statement of nicotine
19. 1:00there by smoking be harmful it's against
20. 1:04the company's secret yes certainly you
21. 1:08understand the employed ammunition
22. 1:10document in specific the confidentiality
23. 1:13agreement of not revealing any of the
24. 1:16company's secrets I know the document by
25. 1:19hard work the word good I wish to expand
26. 1:24the legal coverage of silence of the
27. 1:25document I advise eastern United
28. 1:29are you threatening your sweet family
29. 1:32Jeff are you threatening my son what
30. 1:37happens if I don't sign language Simmons
31. 1:40package no medical coverage and we will
32. 1:42initiate or litigation against you we
33. 1:45are a huge and power and we intend to
34. 1:48stay that way do you know um power of
35. 1:50influence we have the Congress in our
36. 1:53pocket and we own the entire legal
37. 1:55system now we you're innocent until
38. 1:57proven guilty but here we made the rules
39. 2:01you're always assumed to be guilty in
40. 2:04other words if you need the cash you
41. 2:06better try out so what you're saying is
42. 2:10that you find me for being ethical
43. 2:13you're threatening me you're threatening
44. 2:16my family you tried to scream well screw
45. 2:21you I think he got the message he got
46. 2:29the message Jeffrey has been fired for
47. 2:34non-compliance of company secrets we are
48. 2:37in Jeffrey's house leann his wife is
49. 2:40pleasant they have two beautiful
50. 2:42daughter
51. 2:43debra and micro hi honey could you and I
52. 2:49meet you to the school to meeting that's
53. 2:51great how is work what's all good stuff
54. 2:58in your god is that my office i got 5 5
55. 3:08what are we going to do the bills on the
56. 3:12car the house mortgage medical coverage
57. 3:16what about the kids it's a basic
58. 3:20sevenths agreement it gives you monthly
59. 3:23cash and medical coverage that's about
60. 3:27it just listen please stick to the
61. 3:32agreement learn about them do not be a
62. 3:35hero please remember that you have
63. 3:40Lowell Bergman producer of 60 minutes
64. 3:43has got a lead that Jeffery knows
65. 3:45something thing he visits him in his
66. 3:49my name is divided I'm going Berglund
67. 3:52producer 60 minutes of CBS I do not wish
68. 3:55to speak with you I have sources to
69. 3:59believe that you have information that
70. 4:02can indict big tobacco I have a
71. 4:04confidentiality agreement iono grievance
72. 4:08I have a family to take care of I'm not
73. 4:12coming to be you want honor your
74. 4:15agreement you are a young women it's
75. 4:18safe but if you have something for the
76. 4:20greater good have a little courage and
77. 4:23given that it is the public interest it
78. 4:27can be legally I will the type of guy
79. 4:29who breaks out from a ruse who cares
80. 4:32about his neighbor no choice I'll give
81. 4:39you a brief overview taxi Jet Li's
82. 4:47family receives death threats LOL rushes
83. 4:51over to hell
84. 4:52the FBI is called to investigate Jeffy
85. 4:56this could mean for you kisses liquor
86. 4:59with your industry knows do you disagree
87. 5:04agreement call the FBI now that Stephens
88. 5:13special is it appear I'll take it is
89. 5:21Jeff what happened you know what
90. 5:25happened you screwed me protection of
91. 5:28sources I have tech threats
92. 5:31against my family I was born my sources
93. 5:35I'm a person of my word this is just a
94. 5:38coincidence Brown believes you must be
95. 5:41stressing your every move the bad guys
96. 5:46scattered the good guys without fear res
97. 5:50justice Llewellyn and need to reveal I
98. 5:55need to go on date on you ready on 60
99. 5:59minutes Jackie how do you lost your mind
100. 6:02did you not see the second please don't
101. 6:06do this
102. 6:11do you wish concern the same calculated
103. 6:16are you implying that I've made all this
104. 6:18ah do you have any past record of
105. 6:22anxiety sir yes I do get anxious when
106. 6:27some unity threatens my family is that
107. 6:32exciting enough for you I have a report
108. 6:36here from grounded Williamson's give me
109. 6:38your unstable mental condition and
110. 6:39forcing the trip to your family you are
111. 6:48under arrest you have the right to
112. 6:50remain silent and refuse to answer
113. 6:52questions anything you say will be held
114. 6:55against you the court of law Jeffrey is
115. 6:59all set to give his interview with Mike
116. 7:02Wallace the talk show host of 60 minutes
117. 7:05America's largest talk show he plans to
118. 7:08blow the whistle so so I mean you're
119. 7:11stating Andre called then he cotton is
120. 7:13harmful and addicted yes I was vice
121. 7:17president of corporate research I Dow
122. 7:19invention I've proved that they could he
123. 7:23kills mr. Sonny for your former head and
124. 7:26brown & williamson along with the other
125. 7:28hand of big tobacco swore under oath to
126. 7:31the safety of important I have reason to
127. 7:34believe that they invite so what you're
128. 7:37trying to say is Big Tobacco have been
129. 7:40pulling off the biggest scam in American
130. 7:42history by selling smoking is there that
131. 7:45is correct they are responsible for
132. 7:47millions of deaths looking back an
133. 7:50intersection with all the little your
134. 7:52family and you're still going to listen
135. 7:55yes I have a moral code to avoid my
136. 8:01family will understand eventually I have
137. 8:04a duty to humanity
138. 8:07I will certainly loading listened again
139. 8:10it's the right thing to you Mike the
140. 8:16talk show host of 60 minutes has come to
141. 8:19know that Jeffrey's interview cannot be
142. 8:21aired due to the threat of a
143. 8:23multi-billion dollar lawsuit by big
144. 8:26tobacco I'll go there you cannot add
145. 8:29into you Victor bako is telling us with
146. 8:32a multi-billion dollar lawsuit 60
147. 8:34minutes will be backward so what you
148. 8:37saying is that the site had a good
149. 8:40chance legally you don't want to leave
150. 8:42the truth i would use that business back
151. 8:47very likely here's a guy whose whole
152. 8:51life is at stake his family is on the
153. 8:54line does he want to speak yes is he
154. 8:59telling the truth yes are we going to
155. 9:02add know Liana wishes to file for a
156. 9:10divorce LOL calls up with the use of the
157. 9:13interview getting cancelled I need to
158. 9:21talk to you I don't know I have to stand
159. 9:25on but I can't do this anymore and you
160. 9:28to protect the kids and danger anymore
161. 9:31because it's what I wanna do
162. 9:39a divorce dring dring dring dring dring
163. 9:54dring Jeffrey how are you doing how's
164. 10:03the family there is no family he hands
165. 10:08file for a divorce Jeffrey I'm sorry I
166. 10:14will no one save us I'm a blood sugar
167. 10:17coating 60 minutes is not gonna hire
168. 10:20interview
169. 10:29the way you do not know what it is to be
170. 10:34in my shoes right now I revealed of this
171. 10:37on your instant and he betrayed I have
172. 10:43no job no family no redemption I keep
173. 10:51trying to get it back always in the
174. 10:53fight neil has disclosed to the New York
175. 11:02Times the lonely standards of 60 minutes
176. 11:05mike is furious but if someone you see
177. 11:09the reveal all the internal happening to
178. 11:11the new york times you've been accused
179. 11:13of unethical practices hiding
180. 11:15information and not loading a founding
181. 11:17values I screw you you screw you you you
182. 11:21what is ethical you had a legal chance
183. 11:24to fulfill it what did you do you back
184. 11:26out another whole world will know what
185. 11:29we stand for nothing fine let's enter
186. 11:34all our channels and 6pm jeffy movie how
187. 11:44will get CBS at 6pm your light body we
188. 11:47won did the internal have an impact god
189. 11:56damn something wanna give me Elias
190. 12:06thank you oh thank you I Venus I will
191. 12:12die Emil chance
192. 12:16windows and now I found again
193. 12:22he comes back forgiving to
194. 12:28Jeffrey I understand what you did know
195. 12:31it was for the greater good I'm driving
196. 12:36yes there are times in life where we
197. 12:41have to rise ignited about fear and do
198. 12:44what is morally correct our children
199. 12:48will understand the action of the
200. 12:50balance we will be redeemed eventually
201. 12:54the world needs heroes with you guys to
202. 12:58be one