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(It was Russia’s actions during the Sochi Olympics that form the core of the doping scandal.)
Clearly, Putin, a former KGB agent, will not apologize for the doping
scandal.
The fourth factor undermining Brazil’s economic performance arose unexpectedly last year, when a multibillion-dollar corruption
scandal
engulfed the state-controlled oil company Petrobras, prompting a far-reaching investigation of high-level politicians and triggering a collapse of private investment.
Large domestic private groups affected by the
scandal
have faced financial drought, operational disarray, and a sudden halt in demand, while outside investors, driven by a combination of shaken confidence and opportunism, adopted a “wait-and-see” approach.
Prosecution officials also negligently incinerated personal effects of Srebrenica victims, as well as items discovered in Albania and other evidence, and then obfuscated to dodge a
scandal.
It then descended into
scandal
and acrimonious infighting between the party’s president, Marine Le Pen, and its founder, her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen (who was ultimately expelled).
Companies are under genuine pressure to adhere to anti-corruption rules, and plenty of high-profile cases – from Walmart’s corruption
scandal
in Mexico (involving violations of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) to those in the crosshairs of law enforcement now, such as Petrobras, Rolls-Royce, TeliaSonora, and FIFA – should boost deterrence.
For example, in Moldova, Europe’s poorest country, a billion-dollar banking
scandal
has spurred a wave of public protests calling for fresh elections.
The financial damage is set to be enormous: Volkswagen now says that it will set aside €6.5 billion ($7.4 billion) to cover the costs of the
scandal.
And Volkswagen is so closely aligned with the German engineering “brand” that, unfair as it may be, the
scandal
is bound to affect the perception of other German carmakers and industries.
Europe’s Snuff JusticeROME – Late last month, Brussels was rocked by the surprise resignation of European Union Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner John Dalli over his alleged involvement in a tobacco bribery
scandal.
Enter the investigating magistrates, who obviously are playing their rightful role in hearing evidence about a fake jobs
scandal
involving Fillon’s wife and children.
With what greedy delectation do we devour our weekly dose of corruption, rot, and
scandal!
Ought we not bear in mind, with the poet Stéphane Mallarmé, that when we amuse ourselves thus and become so inebriated with scandal, we “yawn gloomily toward a dark demise.”
The first
scandal
occurred last year, after a tractor filled with green onions scraped the side of a BMW in Harbin.
That same month, a lottery
scandal
threw the BMW brand into the limelight once again.
If the first
scandal
was a tragedy, the second was more like a farce.
The Psychology of Superstar Sex PredatorsLONDON – The Harvey Weinstein sexual assault
scandal
shows no sign of winding down.
The only concrete things to result from the vast inflow of money are to be found in Russian-owned villas on the French Riviera, a money-laundering
scandal
at the Bank of New York, and the secret Swiss accounts of Kremlin officials.
In France, a law adopted in 2005 requires that severance pay for company managers now be subject to a shareholder vote, and the EADS
scandal
has spurred consideration of further legal changes.
How much trouble will ultimately depend on factors that are very hard to forecast, including markets’ responses to Fed tightening and political shocks (say, the
scandal
enveloping Petrobras in Brazil) that shake investors’ faith in local policies and markets.
In the wake of the hacking
scandal
at Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, Parliament pressured the British press into agreeing to a terrifying system of fines of up to a £1 million ($1.6 million) for news “errors.”
In Leung’s case, a first term riddled with crisis and
scandal
caused China to lose confidence in his ability to lead.
After the political
scandal
that led to the impeachment of Moon’s predecessor, there is growing public momentum for reform in South Korea.
Europe’s incapacity to act coherently in foreign policy is a glaring shortcoming, and it became a source of
scandal
and shame when the EU failed to intervene effectively in the war in Yugoslavia.
As the
scandal
surrounding Bo Xilai’s dramatic fall from power shows, it applies equally well to explaining the apparently irrational behavior of regimes.
But what sets the Bo
scandal
apart from routine instances of greed and lust is the sheer lawlessness embodied by the behavior of members of China’s ruling elites.
Moreover, the amateurish manner in which the Party has handled the Bo
scandal
indicates that it has no capacity for dealing with a fast-moving political crisis in the Internet age.
While political infighting obviously might lie behind the Chinese government’s hesitancy and ineptness in managing the scandal, the Party undermined its public credibility further by initially trying to cover up the seriousness of the affair.
It’s definitely not a good idea, as Richard Nixon learned during the Watergate scandal, for a president to fire his own investigator.
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