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    Lewinsky Scandal

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    Lewinsky scandal * The Lewinsky scandal was a political sex scandal emerging in 1998‚ from a sexual relationship between United States President Bill Clinton and a 22-year-old White House intern‚ Monica Lewinsky. The news of this extra-marital affair and the resulting investigation eventually led to the impeachment of President Clinton in 1998 by the U.S. House of Representatives and his subsequent acquittal on all impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in a 21-day Senate

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    The Watergate Scandal

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    National TV and lying to the public. Imagine that President then getting caught. This is the Scandal that caused the first ever resignation in United States History‚ Watergate. The Scandal involved approximately 70 people‚ but only 25 were actually found guilty. Many people who were found guilty were some of President Nixon’s top officials. Including G. Gordon Libby‚ John Dean‚ and H. R. Haldeman. The watergate scandal resulted in a loss of trust in the federal government‚ many people being found guilty

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    Enron Scandal

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    Enron Scandal In 1985‚ Enron was formed by Kenneth Lay after the merging of Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth. In the 1990s‚ Lay helped to initiate the selling of electricity at market prices. Markets made it easier for Enron to sell energy at higher prices‚ which caused the company to get richer. Enron was the largest merchant of natural gas in 1992. In November 1999‚ the creation of EnronOnline enabled Enron to develop‚ negotiate and manage its trading business. By 2001‚ Enron became a

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    The Adelphia Scandal

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    The Adelphia Scandal In 1952‚ John Rigas purchased his own cable company. By the late 1990’s‚ he had turned it into the sixth largest cable company in the United States with 5.6 million customers. The business was always run as a family style business which led to fraudulent acts among family members and upper level executives. The family has been accused of stealing $3.1 billion from Adelphia and is now facing criminal charges. Adelphia was forced to file chapter 11 bankruptcy and as of April

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    Watergate Scandal

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    The Watergate scandal had everything. Nixon disgraced the presidency by lying to the country and abusing his power and his committees were involved in illegal acts and a big cover up‚ all leading to little side roads of corruption and lies. Watergate is by far one of the worst presidential scandals in the history of the United States. In the story of Watergate‚ five burglars were found breaking into democratic offices at the Watergate complex in Washington DC. The break-in was passed off as just

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    Worldcom Scandal

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    WorldCom Scandal Formerly known as WorldCom‚ now known as MCI‚ this U.S.-based telecommunications company was at one time the second-largest long distance phone company in the U.S. Today‚ it is perhaps best known for a massive accounting scandal that led to the company filing for bankruptcy protection in 2002. In 1998‚ the telecommunications industry began to slow down and WorldCom’s stock was declining. CEO Bernard Ebbers came under increasing pressure from banks to cover margin calls on

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    Enron Scandal

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    Current issue: Scandals in auditing Enron Scandal 1. Introduction Accounting scandals are political or business scandals which arise with the disclosure of financial misdeeds by trusted executives of corporations or governments. These days‚ not too often‚ these scandals are splashed as headlines across media. Why? Because there are complex groups of stakeholders who might be seriously affected by the scandals. Enron scam was the most remarkable scandal in 20 centuries by their institutionalized

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    Scandal of Xerox

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    in the scandal‚ including the then senior Xerox management‚ the Board of Directors and external auditor KPMG LLP. The failure of those parties in discharging their duties induces the further thought of trust and accountability among them and shareholders. Furthermore‚ the external environment in 1990s‚ including economic bubble boom‚ irrational investors‚ fierce industrial competition and ineffective regulations on audit‚ provided a hotbed for the scandal. Lessons learnt from Xerox scandal indicate

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    The Bofors Scandal

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    The Bofors scandal was a major corruption scandal in India in the 1980s; the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and several others were accused of receiving kickbacks from Bofors AB for winning a bid to supply India’s 155 mm field howitzer. The scale of the corruption was far worse than any that India had seen before‚ and directly led to the defeat of Gandhi’s ruling Indian National Congress party in the November 1989 general elections. It has been speculated that the scale of the scandal was to the

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    Satyam Scandal

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    Report On Report On | Satyam Scandal | | March 04‚ 2013 | | Satyam Scandal | | March 04‚ 2013 | Abstract The purpose of this report is to highlight the ethical issues involved‚ wrongdoings by the top management of the Satyam Computer services‚ and some ways adopted by government

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