Scandal
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A scandal involves widely publicized allegations of wrong-doing, disgrace or moral outrage. A scandal may be based on reality, or the product of false allegations.
Some scandals are broken by a Whistleblower revealing wrongdoing within an organization or a group. Falsely alleged scandals can lead to a witchhunt against the innocent. Often, an attempt to cover-up a scandal ignites a greater scandal when the cover-up fails. Classes of scandals include political scandals, sex scandals, academic scandals, and sporting scandals (especially Olympic Games scandals). America in the 1950s was swept by a wave of quiz show scandals. Another major type of scandal is a corporate scandal, especially corporate accounting scandals. A wave of corporate accounting scandals swept United States companies in 2002 (see accounting scandals of 2002).
The scandal during Grant's presidency was not his fault. He had a corupt cabinett.
Lists of scandals
- List of academic scandals
- List of corporate scandals (includes accounting and mutual fund scandals)
- List of political scandals
- List of scandals of the Roman Catholic Church
- List of sex scandals
- List of sporting scandals
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Scandal" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandal, used under the GNU Free Documentation License
