The entire film is based on social responsibility, justice and democracy. Social responsibility is the assurance that an individual respects another citizen. The twelve jurors were appointed by the public to serve on the jury. The social responsibility of the jurors is to determine the justice of the Hispanic boy. They must find out if the boy is found guilty or not. Democracy played a role/The jurors demonstrated their social responsibility when they returned the verdict, which was not guilty. Social responsibility is a very good theme because it involves the real world