Political corruption

citizens with an undeniable right to directly participate in the political process. America’s Forefathers would be profoundly disappointed, however, to learn that the unchecked influence of special interest has sullied the very fabric of United States politics. The Founding Fathers, in spite of their boundless knowledge, had not the foresight to see just how easily monetary influence would try the fortitude of their burgeoning political system. The effects of their unknowingness permeate…

Charles Ponzi was a person who was notorious for his Ponzi scheme in the 1920s, and several others have committed fraudulent acts since then. Fraudulent acts are obtaining something through deception. A lot of fraudulent acts are committed by business students, possibly containing a lack of morals, and science students are also often accused of containing a lack of morals. This paper aims to analyze the connection between low morals, business students, and science students claimed by an…

The leadership role is a position that has many pro and cons. The main concept about being a leader is to have the knowledge and ability to lead groups in the direction, where the groups desire to go. It is difficult at times to maintain the wants and needs of each member in the groups. There are some members that will disagree with methods that some leaders use. It is understandable that not every member in groups will agree with how the leaders are leading their groups. There are various ways…

In the book, Winner-Take-All Politics, the authors Jacob S. Hacker and Paul Pierson take a look at how over the last half a century the economy of the United States has become skewed to benefit the richest of the rich in the country. They treat the problem as if they were solving a crime, referring to the information and data they collect as DNA evidence or clues, and run through a list of prime suspects (13). They describe how others have interpreted the facts, and come up with different…

Jack Abramoff was the top lobbyist in D.C. from 1994 to 2001 and was involved in arguably one of the largest scandals in American history. This scandal involved many other people and some main players were Michael Scanlon, Adam Kidan, Ralph Reed, Tom Delay, and Bob Ney. All of these people either received bribes, gave out bribes, or were involved in some other type of illegal activity. Abramoff’s scandal was based mainly around his lobbying work with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and…

In Bureaucracy, James Wilson examines government agencies in comparison to the private sector. The portion we read is centered around both the individual (operator) and the organization as a whole. The idea that bureaucracies are inefficient based solely on red tape is discredited with this piece. There is no simple solution to improving the bureaucracy. Finally, Wilson demonstrates that numerous causes contribute to bureaucratic inefficiency. Wilson’s discussion begins with the conditions that…

with each other due to the proclivity to take credit for crucial intelligence gathered because of the well-known rivalry among the intelligence agencies. There is a tendency for RAW and IB to report straight to the Prime Ministers Offices (PMO) or political entitles, leaving JIC oblivious to intelligence inputs that are urgently needed by consumers. Such bypassing results in an information overload, piecemeal intelligence and also the submission of unprocessed and inadequately assessed…

The operation called car wash (lava jato) is the biggest investigation on corruption and money laundering in Brazil. The name comes from the use of gas stations and car washs to move illicit resources in one of the criminal organizations initially investigated. The judge of the first instance responsible for the operation is called Sergio Moro; he is a Federal judge, writer and college professor, and he is considered a brave, effective and very well qualified judge. Even though the operation car…

"Animal Farm" by George Orwell, the quote "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely" is portrayed perfectly. Orwell uses animals to represent humans to prove how power leads to corruption. Through this, he demonstrates human corruption and uses it to define power and the corruption which arises from absolute power. Old Major, a respected animal on the farm, had given a speech which inspires the animals to begin planning their…

In the days following the encounter with the human farmers, the animals attempted to continue work as usual. Rations were low and conditions were harsh, but they found comfort in each other. Things were almost seeming to look up, until one day tragedy struck. Squealer had called the animals together in the main barn for some announcements, one of which was that a few animals were having their rations reduced yet again. Everyone was outraged, and it was clear that this was the breaking point for…