McKesson & Robbins scandal

Alan J. Pakula and starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman, was released in 1976 as a political film based on the book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. It follows two journalists for The Washington Post in their investigation of the Watergate scandal. The film opens with the police discovering five burglars inside the Democratic National Committee located in the Watergate complex. The following morning, thinking that the story will be of little importance, The Washington Post assigns…

Lies have been used throughout history in a variety of ways. Some lies serve to backstab people, while others compliment and sugarcoat sticky situations. According to “Lies, Lies, Lies” by Time Magazine, there are many classifications of lies in today’s society, not all serious but sins nonetheless. Most fall within the spectrum of three basic categories: lies to protect others, lies in the interest of the liar, and lies to cause harm. As per the article “On Revenge” by Sir Francis Bacon, many…

Public opinion defines the aggregate views, attitudes or beliefs held by the society concerning certain aspects or topics (Soroka, & Wlezien, 2010). Public opinion is very relevant in the American society since the political moves, actions and decisions are shaped by their opinions on various aspects of the government (Cohen, 2006). Further, it is prudent to recognize that public opinion is crucial in the explanation of the manner in which political parties, candidates and the political arena…

Watergate Scandal. Then I will discuss the actual pardon and what Ford’s speech said. Lastly, I will explain how the pardon protected the Presidency and stopped tension from arising in the United States. The method I will use to prove if the pardon was right or not is by talking about Ford’s reasons for the pardon, the nation’s view, and what could have happened if the pardon did not occur. Ford had good reasons for giving Nixon the pardon and this pardon prevented the Watergate Scandal from…

The Watergate Scandal, who provoke the only resignation of a president in the history of the United State, occurred in the period between 1972 to 1975. This was the biggest political scandal in the American nation to this day. In like manner, involved not just the president of the country Richard Nixon, but also a some members of the Republican Administration during the election campaign of 1972. According to the book, America A Narrative History, Vol. 2 (Emory, D. & Brown, G. 2016), “ By the…

Disaster capitalism, as coined by Naomi Klein in her book The Shock Doctrine, is the exploitation of a community suffering from a state of shock as a result of a natural, political, or biological disaster in order to make a monetary profit. The collective people sharing in this catastrophe are in a state of shock rendering them into a position of heightened vulnerability. This heightened vulnerability opened the door for major worldwide corporations to come in under the guise of providing aid…

Here’s a Google Doc’s of this discussion post in case anybody wants to read it in an easier, readable format. I attached it as a downloadable file to this thread as well. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VOExPc9uO7Dw_H_fCx-Ob6kaJhBEB-f_o12j0B7arJQ/edit?usp=sharing First off, nice thesis, Lewinsky. “How does it feel to be America’s premier blow-job queen?” Shame and Survival could be the most bias “professional” writing I’ve read recently. When I first saw the title and the introduction of the…

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR (HRM-601) Name – Sandeep Shivkote Mallaiah UCID – ss3677 NJIT ID – 31433749 Thought Exercise 6 NAME:- GORDON BETHUNE BIRTH:- AUG 29TH, 1941 TEXAS OCCUPATION :- Chief Executive Officer Continental Airlines(1994-2004) Gordon Bethune is a transformational leader who made dramatic changes to Continental Airlines when he worked as the Chief Executive Officer from 1994 to 2004.Before Gordon took over this responsibility, the company had several black eyes and was on the verge…

A company which took years to build, like approximately 16 years, where it grew from 10 billion dollar company to 65 billion dollar company, and it would collapse in mere 24 days was nothing short of a scandal. In fact this was to take the shape of a huge scandal. Certainly there was something being hidden from the view of public. For one, there indeed was a fatal flaw as there were several ethical issues. As per the video, there were the issues like arrogance, intolerance, greediness…

Throughout my accounting studies so far, whistleblowers have been praised for their heroic actions that lead to the collapse of a giant corporation. However, the heroic actions and collapse are the seldom times that whistleblower protection laws work. In C. Fred Alford’s book: Whistleblowers: Broken Lives and Organizational Power, Mr. Alford explores the corporation and systems irrational behavior that makes whistleblowers lose faith in humanity and the justice system. Throughout the book, Mr.…