Political corruption

Islamic groups, and recurrent violent religious crises. Studies showed that 75 percent of Northern Nigerians lived in poverty. The lack of food, education, healthcare, potable water, shelter and employment opportunities were not available, but the political elites were embezzling public funds and living extravagantly (Okoro, E.). The government inability to provide its people the necessities that were needed to function in society outside the realms of poverty resulted in the acts of violence,…

Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. This disastrous move by the "Supreme Court scrapped the previous campaign finance laws and essentially declared that companies are allowed to buy politicians by circumventing restrictions via PACs, political action committees" (Tedford), thus stealing the power of the masses and giving our power to those whose bank accounts resemble that of a country's population. Sadly, the affluent 1% of Americans hold more power than the other 99% of this nation…

Open Development 1. What are the main challenges to aid effectiveness, and how does open data address these challenges? The main challenges to aid effectiveness are high complexity, enormous transaction costs, lack of strategic and holistic approaches, and lack of country ownership. High complexity involves the coordination between numerous international aid agencies, and within those aid agencies. The United States, for example, has been said to have contradictory, as well as competing,…

“Cynthia Cooper Blowing Whistle At WorldCom” Abstract An ethical behavior in the corporate world is paramount and every employee working in the organization has the right to blow the whistle in case of sensing fraudulent activity in the organization. At the interest of the stakeholders, it is very important every penny invested in the company is property taken care and has been optimally utilized towards fetching better returns in the organization. An…

stakeholder. The two were very critical in this case of Wal-Mart lawless mechanism of trying to shape out an empire in Mexico such that they were applauded by the media and business world. They were influenced by the power of driving out the vice of corruption and urgency of maintaining ethical business across the globe. Since they are Journalists and before they aired the episode, they had substantial evidence, Wal-Mart should involve and collaborate with them in ensuring that the company is…

I understand that accountability is a virtue that can actually be learned through experience. In fact being overseas helped me understand how important it was for other and me to know that I was someone who was accountable for my action and with every upgrade in rank I understood that because it was a privilege it also comes with higher responsibility. I am responsible for my actions that is also something I learned being in the Army. Therefore accountability is much more than just being…

The previously stated aspects are all contributions to Groupthink. The disconnect that comes as a direct result of groupthink. Evaluating the effects of Groupthink on a company and how it drove honest people into committing crimes and doing underhanded deeds is intriguing. All these aspects are visible in the case of Hewlett-Packard’s spying scandal from 2006. Who is Hewlett-Packard (HP)? HP, as it’s commonly known, is a company that manufactures computers, printers, digital imaging equipment…

My strongest argument towards The Exception and the Rule, written by Bertolt Brecht, is that the message and actions in particular can be seen throughout history and daily occurrences in the present. Leading the audience to believe that the author’s main intention of writing this script was to get across the corruptness of the system. In which, society only cares about the money the criminal-like individual is able to bribe them with other than the justice towards the real victim in that…

I read a book called, “Animal Farm” written by George Orwell. The book is about animals on a farm who are overworked, and not treated as they should be. Then, a rebellion made up of animals with pigs as their leaders, rebel against Mr.Jones (owner of the farm) by driving him off the farm. The animals try to make the perfect life for themselves, but that doesn’t go as planned. Animal farm then, starts to fail. The farm fails because of the pigs not being fair to the other animals, and the animals…

power can affect a union. In the novel he expresses the Russian Revolution in the form of an allegory in which important figures are portrayed as animals. His main characters Napoleon and Mr. Jones illustrate how the misuse of power can lead to corruption and oppression, while Old Major shows that not everyone with power will abuse that responsibility. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to Mr. Jones, who represents Tsar Nicholas II, as he drunkenly stumbles home after a long…