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    The Watergate Scandal

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    The Watergate Scandal Victoria Daniele Constitutional History May 19‚ 2013 The Watergate Scandal involved a number of illegal activities that were designed to help President Richard Nixon win re-election. The scandal involved burglary‚ wiretapping‚ campaign financing violations‚ and the use of government agencies to harm political opponents. A major part of the scandal was also the cover-up of all these illegal actions. The Watergate Scandal got its name from the Watergate office complex

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    The Payola Scandal

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    Before getting into the Payola scandal and explaining what happened‚ it is important to know what payola is first. In the music industry‚ payola is the illegal practice of payment or other inducement by record companies for the broadcast of recordings on music radio‚ in which the song is presented as being of the normal day’s broadcast (Neira). A radio station can play a certain song in exchange for money‚ but the radio station must disclose this on the air as being sponsored airtime. The playing

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    Auditing Scandal

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    [pic] ACCTG 312 SC 2012: Assignment 1 Current issues – scandals in auditing Introduction • For this assignment‚ you are required to research and report back on one of four well known scandals that involve auditors in some way. • It can be commenced after week 1 lectures are completed‚ so gives you a chance to get part of your semester’s work done early. It is due in week 3 (Thursday at 4 pm). • You will also be required to very briefly report to your tutorial group on one interesting

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    Ponzi Scandal

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    Charles Ponzi .. The Scandal !!! By: Rawan Al-Deraibi Class of: Prof. Alan J. Pan Who is Ponzi?!! Born in 1882 in Parma‚ Itlay‚ Charles Ponzi was the infamous swindler who payed out returns (To give money in exchange for goods or services) with other investors’ money. The "Ponzi scheme" is named after him. After running a highly profitable and expansive investment scheme‚ Ponzi was arrested on August 12‚ 1920‚ and charged with 86 counts of mail fraud. Owing an estimated $7 million‚ he pleaded

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    NSA Scandal

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    A Scandal of Bias and Fact Over the past few years the NSA (National Security Agency) has been collecting massive amounts of phone call data from Verizon without the public’s knowledge. This information has just come to the public’s attention earlier this year‚ and has been covered by many news sources. Some sources stick strictly to the facts of the story and nothing more. However‚ other sources tend to focus more on their own bias rather than talking about the actual events that happened. There

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    The Watergate Scandal

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    The Watergate Scandal The Watergate Affair‚ is the worst political scandal in U.S. history. It led to the resignation of the president‚ Richard M. Nixon‚ after he became implicated in an attempt to cover up the scandal. "The Watergate Affair" refers to the break-in and electronic bugging in 1972‚ of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate apartment‚ and office building complex in Washington D.C. The term was applied to several related scandals. More than thirty

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    Adelphia Scandal

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    The Adelphia Scandal The Dawn of Adelphia Adelphia was founded in 1952 by John Rigas and his brother Gus Rigas in Coudersport‚ Pennsylvania with the purchase of their first cable franchise for $300. After 20 years‚ the Rigas brothers incorporated their company under the name Adelphia which derived its name from a Greek word which means brothers‚ an apt corporate title for a business that would employ generations of the Rigas family. Adelphia was a cable television company and built its success

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    mensalao scandal

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    What exactly was the "mensalao" scandal? It was an alleged scheme that embezzled public funds to buy political support for the then Lula government and to pay off debts from election campaigns. The central accusation was that politicians from coalition parties were given large payments each month to support the minority government led by the Workers’ Party. The scandal nearly caused the Lula administration to collapse. How did the affair come to light? The scandal broke in 2005 when a congressman

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    Watergate Scandal

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    In this essay I am going to look at the significance of the Watergate scandal and the effects that it had on America. I will also discuss what the importance of investigative journalism is and the role that it has in society. The chain of events known as Watergate was an American political scandal in the 1970’s which ultimately led Richard Nixon to resign as president of the United States. The effects of the Watergate scandal did not end with the resignation of President Nixon‚ the general public

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    Sandusky Scandal

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    Pennsylvania State University Scandal 1 Pennsylvania State University Scandal Contribution and Cover-up of Sexual Abuse OL-500 Human Behavior in Organization Southern New Hampshire University C. LaMour Romine October 2‚ 2014 Pennsylvania State University Scandal 2 Abstract This research paper will discuss the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) Sexual Child Abuse Scandal‚ involving perpetrator Jerry Sandusky; and its cover up by university officials. This research

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