Priority Development Assistance Fund scam I. Issues on Problems: The Priority Development Assistance Fund scam‚ also called the PDAF scam or the pork barrel scam‚ is a political scandal involving the alleged misuse by several members of the Congress of the Philippines of their Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF‚ popularly called "pork barrel")‚ a lump-sum discretionary fund granted to each member of Congress for spending on priority development projects of the Philippine government‚ mostly
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about "abolish pork barrel system" but something seems missing. Has anyone suggested any alternative? But is pork the real root of corruption? Let us say a person is convicted of rape. When asked why he did such crime‚ he would say it is because he found the lady beautiful and tempting. Should everyone go and kill all beautiful women so that rape will end? That logic may sound oversimplified and childish but that is what the call is saying. The controversy on the pork barrel scam sheds light
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Napoles has been alleged of having engineered a PHP 10 billion scam over the past decade by using the pork barrel funds of 5 senators and 23 Congressmen for ghost projects. She was even tagged as the alleged mother of the PHP 10 billion pork barrel scam. Napoles’ firm was allegedly tapped for government-funded projects that were later found questionable. The “so-called projects” include the PHP 728 million funds for a fertilizer project for poor farmers. It was alleged that the fund was diverted
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Executive Summary Organisational factors or ‘bad barrels’ are said to have instigated many occurrences of corporate corruption and deviant behaviour (Wharton 2002‚ p 2)‚ involving large numbers of active or passive participants; these are ‘rarely the result of a few bad apples’ (Murphy 2007‚ p 7). The AWB case is a clear example of corporate culture and other systemic failures influencing and defining an organisation’s decision making and its ethical posture. This report addresses the underlying
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P10-B Pork Barrel Scam: A Reflection The Philippines was completely shaken when the news about the Napoles P10-B pork barrel scam dominated the different forms of media throughout the country during the third quarter of 2013. The Filipinos‚ although lacking knowledge about what the scam was all about‚ were enraged by this news. Demonstrations‚ rallies and other kinds of public display were staged by concerned citizens in condemnation to this distressing report. One of these was the massive demonstration
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Criminal Justice : Policy and Practice Police Deviance : Rotten Apple or Rotten Barrel? Jessica 18th November 2010 Contents 1. Abtract……………………………………………………………………..….P.3 2. Bad Barrel : Police culture leads to corruption………………………..…..…..P.5 3. Application : IRA Miscarriage of Justice………………………………….....P.10 4. Application : Case of Rolando Mandoza………….…………………………P.12 5. Policy implication…………………………………………………………….P.14 6. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………P.16 7. References……………………………………………………………………P
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Can a few bad apples spoil the whole barrel? If the bad apples are not removed‚ yes they can eventually spoil the entire barrel. Of course we are talking companies and people and not actual apples. However the analogy can hold true. If there are a few that have little or no morals in the company at any level they can eventually harm the entire structure. There are two ways to keep this from happening‚ institute change or remove the problem. Of the two changes can be the hardest. It has to
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Organizational Culture and Globalization Stanley Brett Yunker Davenport University MGMT 735 Professor Andrew Makar October 18th‚ 2010 Case Recap Superior Supermarkets (SS) is a division of Hall Consolidated‚ a privately owned wholesale and retail food distributor. SS is the smallest of three chains which caters to the South Central United States and is ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in each of its markets. SS has been considering an ‘Everyday Low Prices’ strategy for many years
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A Cream Cracker Under The Settee is a dramatic monologue written by Alan Bennett in 1987 for television‚ as part of his Talking Heads series for the BBC. In A Cream Cracker Under the Settee Alan Bennett has addressed the issue of elderly people in our society and how they are treated by others. It revolves 75-year old Doris on an ordinary day in her house. The play begins after her fall from the buffet and her reflecting on the events that led up to it. The reason the writer uses a monologue is
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gasses push a projectile out of a barrel. The gun hasn’t changed much since it was created in china centuries ago. Other than looks it has kept the same principle elements‚ the primer‚ the propellant‚ and the projectile (Leghorn). A primer is a small explosive that occurs when the trigger is pulled to light the propellant. Despite what many people think‚ the propellant doesn’t explode‚ it burns. It burns very quickly‚ but even after the bullet leaves the barrel it still burns for a moment. If the
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