1. Coal allocation scam Coal allocation scam or Coalgate‚ is a political scandal concerning the Indian government’s allocation of the nation’s coal deposits to public sector entities (PSEs) and private companies by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. In a draft report issued in March 2012‚ the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) office accused the Government of India of allocating coal blocks in an inefficient manner during the period 2004–2009. Over the Summer of 2012‚ the opposition BJP
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This paper will address the seriousness of the Watergate and Iran Contra scandals‚ and discuss which of the two was more detrimental to society in America. Lashley Mills SOCA 334 12/9/14 INTRODUCTION The Watergate and the Iran Contra scandals perpetuate as trademarks of their respective decades. During Watergate which occurred in the 1970’s‚ American society witnessed a loss in the confidence of it’s own national government
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During the scandal of President Nixon‚ people were confused as to why he resigned. There was argument that he left because he was a part of the scandal‚ and that he should resign. With resigning that would cause some risky situation. However‚ President Nixon continued to fight for his involvement in the “Watergate Scandal” a scandal that exposed greed. Documents that began to go missing that was important to the political office. Gasoline rationing and Arab oil embargo. With having a scandal such as
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The Watergate Scandal was one of the largest scandals of American history. Richard Nixon was a father‚ a President‚ a friend‚ a Congressman and was the cause of the Watergate Scandal. But he betrayed his country by trying to cover up the fact that he was a part of the scandal. Nixon tried to hide the fact he didn’t know about the scandal by giving money to the people who broke into the Watergate and tried to stop the investigators that were looking into the crime and even tried to get the Federal
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credibility of the newspaper. Blair was caught in a plagiarism scandal that harmed the New York Times reputation; though he set the stage for more incidents like that to happen and history repeat itself. The fact‚ Jayson‚ a young reporter could do so much harm to a prestigious newspaper seemed impossible. Comparing and contrasting two articles about Blair will explain similar information about the incident. This composition will compare the scandal that Jayson Blair created‚ as well as contrast the
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The 1919 World Series is the most notorious scandal in baseball history. Eight players from the Chicago White Sox were accused of throwing the series against the Cincinnati Reds. Details of the scandal and the extent to which each man was involved have always been unclear. It was‚ however‚ front-page news across the country and‚ despite being acquitted of criminal charges‚ the players were banned from professional baseball for life. The players on Charles Comiskey’s 1919 Chicago White Sox team were
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A blogger and journalist has written an open letter to Cosmopolitan saying Christianity is not a scandal and that opposition to same-sex marriage is simply part of the Christian faith. On Dec. 12‚ Cosmopolitan published an article by Laura Beck titled “The 16 Biggest HGTV Scandals of All Time.” The ninth entry is all about the “conservative‚ anti-gay values” being taught by the pastor of “Fixer Upper” hosts Chip and Joanna Gaines. Beck cited a BuzzFeed article about how the Gaineses are going to
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Mrs. Chenfant English 12 25 October 2011 1919 World Series: Black Sox Scandal Impact or decision would be the most contemplated ideas formed upon the events that happened during the 1919 World Series. What happened was better known as the Black Sox Scandal making the impossible a reality even with the stakes‚ buried in the truth‚ everyone involved concluded to risk. One of the darkest most shadowed events that ever had a negative effect on the sport for the entire history of baseball simply
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INTRODUCTION Corporate Scandals also known as Accounting Scandals are business scandals that originate from the misstatement of financial reporting by the executives of public companies who are trusted to run these organizations. These misrepresentations happen through overstating revenues‚ understating expenses‚ Overstating assets or understating liabilities‚ use of fictitious and fraudulent transactions and direct falsification of financial statements to give a misleading impression of the companies’
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2007‚ p 7). The AWB case is a clear example of corporate culture and other systemic failures influencing and defining an organisation’s decision making and its ethical posture. This report addresses the underlying organisational causes of the AWB scandal‚ whereby AWB paid kickbacks to Iraq in defiance of the rules of the Oil-for-Food programme‚ instituted by the United Nations (Cole 2006) In so doing‚ it will consider the evidence and conclusions presented in the Cole inquiry‚ a Royal Commission established
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