Three case studies anchor this look at how ethics plays out in real business decisions. The film examines Iraq's economy as a prospect for foreign investment, weighing the practical and moral questions of putting money into a country still rebuilding, and turns to Sri Lanka's textile industry to look at labor conditions and factory practices behind the clothes on Western shelves. Between these two examples, the film asks what businesses owe the places and people they operate among when profit and principle pull in different directions. It stays close to the specifics of these two economies rather than offering a general theory of ethics, treating Iraq's investment climate and Sri Lanka's garment trade as concrete test cases for questions that apply far beyond them: who bears the risk, who gets the benefit, and what a company is willing to accept in pursuit of a return.