questionable acts by traders and executives. Deep debt and surfacing information about hiding losses gave the company big problems and in the late 2001 Enron declared bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The Enron scandal‚ revealed in October 2001‚ eventually led to the bankruptcy of the Enron Corporation‚ an American energy company based in Houston‚ Texas‚ and the de facto dissolution of Arthur Andersen‚ which was one of the five largest audit and accountancy partnerships in
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1919 Scandal Deflategate‚ the Russians using steroids‚ and Thomas Voeckler using a hidden engine while cycling‚ are all sports scandals that may be see in the news today‚ but in all reality infamous sports scandals date way back. Indeed‚ the 1919 World Series is one of the most iconic‚ when eight members of the Chicago White Sox were bribed to throw the game by many high ranking gamblers. The players were sent to court‚ and tried for their crimes‚ and sewed punishments. The players caused many new
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On the morning of June 17th‚ 1972‚ burglars charged with attempted robbery and attempting to bug phone lines were arrested in the offices of the Democratic National Committee. This robbery began one of the most infamous scandals‚ later to be named “The Watergate Scandal”‚ in American history‚ and put the president himself under the microscope of the law. The Supreme Court tried the case against President Nixon and his seven aides who helped him cover up the conspiracy. After Nixon’s refusal to give
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company‘s shareholders lost tens of billions of dollars after the stock price plummeted. The scandal surrounding Enron‘s demise engendered a global loss of confidence in corporate integrity that continues to plague markets‚ and eventually it triggered though new scrutiny of financial reporting practices. To understand what went wrong‚ we‘ll examine the history‚ culture‚ and major players in the Enron scandal . ENRON’S HISTORY The Enron Corporation was created out of the merger of two major gas pipeline
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they were doing the exact opposite. The Harding Administration was an extremely corrupt group of men that became severely diminished once the Teapot Dome Scandal had been discovered. It was one of the most greatest and most sensational scandal’s in the history of American politics before the Watergate Scandal (Cherny). The Teapot Dome Scandal took place in the United States from 1920 to 1923‚ during the administration of President Warren G. Harding. Secretary of the Interior Albert B. Fall leased
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Introduction We all remember the meat scandal back in 2012-2013 that was all over the news. There were some tests on certain types of meat in a supermarket and the content of the package didn’t turn out to be what the label said it was. This resulted in a huge outbreak of tests all over Europe. More and more products came out to be lies. Horsemeat was one of the more popular deceiving products sold on the market. People expect certain standards and assurances when they buy products from a store‚
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Located on the Potomac River in Washington‚ D.C. it contains many hotel rooms and offices. What happened in the complex on June 17‚ 1972 early in the morning became a very historical event for our nation that no one will ever forget. The "Watergate Scandal and constitutional crisis that began on June 17‚ 1972 with the arrest of five burglars who broke into the Democratic National Committee (DMC) headquarters at the Watergate office building in Washington D.C. It ended with the registration of President
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seeking to operate within a tax-exempt status. In order to better understand what’s going on what it means to us we will explore the history of the IRS‚ then discover what the applicable tax code means‚ and finally‚ and finally dive into the imposing scandal surrounding the agency. Who is the IRS? Let’s first take a look at what the IRS actually is. According to IRS.gov‚ in 1862 President Lincoln joined with Congress to create a new position‚ the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. This position was
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The First Lady was notorious for her involvement in government scandals. Women at the time were expected to be submissive and they generally were not involved in politics. Mary Todd‚ having spent her life surrounded by politicians involved herself in government affairs in order to benefit herself as well as her friends and family. She attempted to influence her husband’s work‚ specifically when it came to distributing patronage and appointing a cabinet. She managed to convince Mr. Lincoln to appoint
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Scandal: a disgraceful action with damage to reputation (Google). Though Canada may be a proud nation‚ much of the dark past is deeply buried. One of the many scandals of Canada includes forcing the Chinese to pay head taxes reveal Canada’s racist and unjust past. There is a significant relationship between the increasing amount of head taxes and the decreasing Chinese population in Canada. With the Gold Rush in the 1860s‚ many Chinese immigrants arrived in Canada to search for a fortune of their
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