Lewinsky scandal

The Blaxploitation films in the decade of the 1970’s are one of the greatest examples of Hollywood benefiting from the independent film industry. African American viewers were demanding to see black actors cast in more prominent and leading roles within films, and Hollywood responded by creating movies specifically for urban black audiences. These Blaxploitation films followed a specific outline that changed the traditional characteristics of the typical white male hero by, "substituting a…

Introduction The Enron Scandal will forever live in its infamy. How can such a powerful company once ranking at number seven as one of the top ten companies in America cause its own demise? The answer lies in the fact that all great empires fall due to the greed of money and power by its conquerors. Who are willing to do anything to maintain the luxury of being the top in the world. Enron portrayed to be a profitable and unshakable company. However it later came to light that the majority of…

more than the name of an expensive, luxurious hotel in Washington D.C. Nobody would have predicted that this hotel would be associated with the biggest political scandal in the history of the USA.This scandal would ultimately led to President Nixon’s resignation and the loss of American trust in their leaders.Therefore, the Watergate Scandal was a bad influence on American history. It all began with the politics in the 1960’s during the time in which the US was involved in the Vietnam war and…

Jeffrey Wigand was a primary source to CBS during a time where tobacco was on the rise. Wigand had valuable information for the public that could ultimately damage the tobacco industry and Brown & Williamson’s reputation. Wigand was interviewed for CBS’s “60 Minutes” and spoke out about the horrible toxins in tobacco and cigarettes and that nicotine is addictive. CBS decided not to show this interview that was taped, had they, I don’t believe any libel charges would come of it. From what I have…

The introduction of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was then the key to address all these matters. Passing of Sarbanes-Oxley Act was important in setting the foundation for some accounting principles and filling the gaps shown by the Enron scandal and other accounting scandals, including WorldCom, in the accounting profession. 3.2 Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Background…

Overview Fraud has become common occurrence in business world. And organizations lose considerable chunk of their hard-earned revenue to fraud. Prevention and Detection are two methodologies to handle a white-collar crime like business fraud. Wisest approach towards any illegal and inappropriate activity is to prevent it from occurring in first place. Prevention is the most economical way of tackling fraud. Barriers to Fraud Prevention Fraud prevention is challenged by several barriers which…

In the case scenario, Mr. Wu is a 55 years old accountant. He had sudden onset of left sided weakness and drooling. So he was admitted to the Accident & Emergency Department. After CT brain scan, Mr. Wu was found suffering from right middle cerebral artery ischaemic infarct. He was then transferred to the stroke unit for further management. Several health needs are identified after conducting health assessment to Mr. Wu. Left-side weakness and urinary incontinence are selected for…

I chose Rolling Stone magazine because it focuses on popular culture, such as music and movie reviews, musical artists, politics and sports. In my opinion, Rolling Stone’s vast majority of topics ensures a section for everyone, no matter what their interests are. Jann Wenner created Rolling Stone in 1967, who is still editor and publisher today. Wenner borrowed money from his family and in-laws to start the magazine. In the first edition of the magazine, Wenner wrote that Rolling Stone “is not…

media informs the public we will move on to how the media exposes government corruption or controversies and how the government reacts to the exposure of these controversies by inspecting the intense scandal Watergate, which occurred under Richard Nixon’s administration. Details of how this scandal happen are bizarre, first, five men broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the hotel Watergate who was caught and was carrying thirty-five hundred dollars’ worth of high…

this committee is present in both the House and Senate (GovTrack). The primary focus of this research paper will be the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. The origins of the Senate Intelligence Committee can be traced back to the Watergate Scandal (Senate.gov). It began in 1973 with the revelation that, “...the executive branch had directed national intelligence agencies to carry out constitutionally questionable domestic security operations.” A year later the news hit the mainstream…