Sunday, April 20, 2008

Ethical delima

Burglars broke into the Democratic Party's National Committee offices on June 17, 1972. Watergate is a general term for a series of political scandals during the presidency of Richard Nixon that began with five men being arrested after breaking and entering into the Democratic National Committee headquarters.
After going through two years of mounting evidence against the President and his staff, which included former staff members testifying against them in a Senate investigation, it was revealed that Nixon had a tape recording system in his offices and that he had recorded many conversations. Undeniable evidence, spoken by Nixon and recorded on tape, revealed that he had obstructed justice and attempted to cover up the break-in.
Watergate happened some time ago, but the concept of staying informed and ahead of the competition will always be temptation that will cause some of us to stumble. When people are put in positions of power many times they'll do all they can to stay there, ethical or not. Covering up what was already done only dug Nixon and his administration deeper.

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