Investigation Of An Article On The Pulitzer Prize

Unethical behaviour is also depicted on the decision by the CBS Corporation to avoid the airing of Wigand’s interview on the 60 Minutes Show (Taylor and Francis 176). As a media corporation, CBS acted unethically to protect their interests at the expense of the ailing public. One possible solution to the dilemma that the CBS Corporation faced is that the corporation

Many controversial topics have surfaced recently, but one that tends to fly under the radar is lobbying. Lobbying is defined as a group of persons who work or conduct a campaign to influence members of a legislature to vote according to a group’s special interests (“Lobby”). Although average citizens are not fully aware of the issue, it is quite contentious in politics. For those who are against it, they believe that restrictions should be placed on lobbying because it distorts democracy. Lobbyists use money and cost-effective strategies to sway the opinions of lawmakers. Others see lobbyists as effective, political tour guides who help pass legislation. An analysis of the lobbying process reveals the outcomes are often

Lobbying is an issue that has recently found itself at the forefront of the American politics. Many feel that lobbying is essentially a legalized form of bribery and has lead to the government catering to the needs of special interests instead of the interests of America at large. According to a survey conducted by the Pew Research Center, 74% of Americans believe that elected officials place their own interests ahead of the country's. So it seems many Americans wonder who their representatives are actually representing. Lee Drutman, a political scientist, compares the current situation of

State government should focus on making limitations for interest groups spending in the campaign contribution in legislative session. A lobbyist spending in food or extra curriculum activities are never revealed whether it is for right cause or not. 1 “To know that, you have to know whom they were entertaining and then watch that beneficiary’s votes, debates and other actions”. (Ramsey, 1) All the financial activities carried by the lobbyists should be clearly monitored by the government.

Here is an example, “…, GOP representative Randy ‘Duke’ Cunningham of California was found guilty of accepting $2.4 million in bribes from a defense contractor. Cunningham allegedly used his position on a defense appropriations subcommittee to funnel millions of dollars in contracts to the firm” (Champagne 450). Although for the most decision makers do not accept bribes or other illegal activities, they can find a mutual benefit for each party. The government puts stricter guidelines to regulate the actions of lobbyists. An example of the regulated guidelines follows that businesses no longer remove lobbying costs as a business expense. Another problem occasionally interest groups can turn to litigation when they lack access or dissatisfied with the government decision by proceeding to court. There are three ways interest groups can exploit the court to affect public policy. They can use the court by bringing the suit on behalf of the interest group, or by financing suits that brought by individuals, or by filing a companion brief as a friend of the court. These tactics could be a problem with the topic for an interest group could use them for their advantages. Also, when lobbyists go speak their cause to the public the problem is when the protests become a riot, many people have gotten serious hurt from these protest.

The $15 million wrongful termination lawsuit (Oehler v. The State Bar of California et al., case number BC610699, in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles) that hit the State Bar of California echoes allegations made by the bar’s former executive director pointing towards rampant ethical violations. Plaintiff Sonja Oehler’s LinkedIn profile lists her previous title as the bar’s former administrative specialist. Rather than being let go from her position for a lack of ability or dedication to the job or a necessary reduction in staff, Oehler alleges that she was fired from her job because she knew too much about rampant ethical violations: deceit, deception, incompetence and falsification of issues on the part

Lobbyists often deal with legislators and members of regulatory agencies. Although legislators are brought together in Congress to develop policy and serve the national interests, each legislator is first and foremost responsible to their own constituency. This superseding responsibility gives lobbyists their ammunition. Attempting to influence Congress as a whole is not only impossible, but would be too easily seen by the public and thus might attract attention to an already questionable facet of our political process. Metaphorically speaking, Congress’s armor is strong and impenetrable when they are united as one. Lobbyists stand no chance against this fortified body of legislators. Instead they go after individual legislators, utilizing a strategy that if successful, creates

“Is America a Democracy?” This first question was posed by Professor Jennings at the start of his discussion on American corporations. The simple answer is no, we are a republic, a system where the people have control of the government by electing representative officials. Some people, including Professor Jennings, argue that incorporated businesses are now “running the show” instead of citizens. In the 2011 Gallup poll “Do the following have too much power?” sixty-seven percent of people said that corporations do while seventy-one percent agree that lobbyists have too much power. Professor Jennings then presented data on how corporations lobbying members of congress spent 2.6 billion in a year while the federal budget for congress is 2 billion. Business lobbying also outspends labor by thirty-four to one.

With the assistance of the lobbying business, Washington's territorial economy appears to have weathered the financial tempest of late years. Congress passed a 1995 Lobbying Disclosure Act (LDA), which apparently obliged all "lobbyists" to report their exercises for the benefit of paying customers, the answer have to be an easy decision: simply discover the lawfully ordered divulgence structures, and number them up. While thousands of lobbyists work the halls of Congress and government agencies and billions of dollars are spent each year on advocacy, the groups with the most lobbyists and money don’t necessarily win (Pinkham,2010). We found that about a large portion of those included in approach support—our everything of-the-above term

Thomas Dodd was a US Senator from Connecticut. Member’s of Dodd’s staff entered his office after hours without Dodd’s authority. In doing so, they removed multiple documents and made copies of them. The group returned the documents after making copies of them. The copies were given to Pearson, who produced a newspaper columns about Dodd’s faulty relationship with lobbyists. Also, implied Dodd was not qualified to serves as a U.S Senator.

What was the reason for us being: lynched, beaten, or forced to do what other’s told us? How come we were not equal? In the late 19th century, the united States were known for their brutal background due to domestic violence. And, at that time, Negros was not appreciated. We followed a strict policy, which had to do with: education and employment discrimination. So blacks decided that they had enough of being wrong all of the time. At that point the “eyes on the prize” came right on time.

It is believed that lobbyists have an immense influence on Congress and individual state legislatures. Lobbyists are defined differently by each state and territories, however, they all share a basic definition of lobbying as an effort to impact government action. Lobbyists can be either constituent groups, corporate employees and government officials, non-profit staffers or idealists, and registered lobbyists working for a lobbying firm. The sole purpose of lobbyists is to influence legislators’ agendas, become experts in latest news, establish relationships and study power, provide policy solutions to public problems, and build coalitions on behalf of their clients. Lobbyists are known to be the hackers in our system of government. Lobbyists

Have you ever seen the “Winner of the Pulitzer Prize” on the cover of a book before? It is one the most prestigious awards to have in American Journalism. Writers would dream to have this award on their writings because it is such a big achievement to them. This award is given out in twenty-one categories, one for each category. Two thousand papers and counting are submitted each year for this award. Joseph Pulitzer is the founder of one of the most achievable awards for writers, which is the Pulitzer Award.

As the turn of the 21st Century evolved, it appeared as if Adelphia Communications Corporation was on a direct path of success; unbeknownst to their investors and the public, they were in reality on a direct path of destruction instead. Unfortunately, Adelphia is not the first major company in the history of the United States’ business world to lose the trust of the American public, but it is certainly one of the most notable ones to do so. As the events surrounding the Adelphia scandal unfolded in full view of the public eye, a multitude of media outlets were there to broadcast the destruction and distrust to the masses leaving many wondering if the term “business ethics” was actually nothing more than just an oxymoron. Throughout this

When it comes to corruption in politics, no one is immune. Both parties have had their share. Not too long ago three members of Congress who are Republican were indicted due to political and financial scandals (Wallis, 2012). Two are currently under investigation and one is in prison (Wallis, 2012). Part of the problem in these corruption scandals involves the ability of interest groups to determine policy as well as pork barrel spending (Wallis, 2012). While corruption takes place at all levels of government, it has been particularly noticeable in the U.S. Congress.