Ethics in Government

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New Concern Over Government Ethics

Multiple Ethical Implications of Watergate Scandel

As shock waves from the Watergate scandal continue to spread across the nation, Americans find themselves grappling anew with deep and difficult questions about ethics in government. The ethical implications of the series of events which have taken the name of Watergate are multiple, touching upon fundamental but often unexpressed fears in the minds of many citizens about the potential for misuse of power in high councils of government. Watergate is profoundly different from any other scandal in the nation's history, and that is perhaps why reactions to the affair have ranged from confusion to indifference to cynicism to anxiety.

What makes Watergate unique in two centuries of American political life is the nature and purpose ...

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