...Pennsylvania “Penn” State University underwent a child sex abuse scandal resulting in its reputation forever changed (Lane, 2014). This iconic university and its football program were further victimized after uncovering years of involvement from the administrative cover-ups of the sexual assaults of children by assistant football coach, Gerald “Jerry” Sandusky, hereinafter referred to as Sandusky (Lane, 2014). Despite the backlash resulting from the surfacing of the child sex scandal, Penn State has since made major strides in its image improvement (Lane, 2014). In November 2011, former assistant football coach, Gerald Sandusky was arrested in the result of the Penn State child sexual abuse scandal (Lane, 2014). Maintaining his innocence from charges stemming from a grand jury indictment, Sandusky provided statements that he merely “horsed around” with the boys, all of which he met through...
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...and maintain prestige, and unconscious denial served to maintain a child abuser, Jerry Sandusky, as a football coach for many years, with many victims. (Eisenman, 2013) Everything was looking good for Joe Paterno and Penn State football in 2011. The team was 8-1 and riding an emotional high. Then it all came crashing down. Back in 2001 a graduate assistant coach of Penn State wasn’t exactly sure what he saw but a former Assistant Coach named Jerry Sandusky was showering with a boy from his local charity. It sounded to him like horseplay but wasn’t sure so he went and reported it to the head coach Joe Paterno. The ensuing scandal brought down longtime coach Joe Paterno, who was fired by university trustees amid growing criticism that he should have done more to stop the alleged abuse.” (Marklein, 2011) McQueary changed his story saying he e-mailed his friends and colleagues, saying that he had stopped Sandusky from abusing the boy when he saw it and that he had also reported the abuse to police. The local and campus police denied his statements that brought him into deeper trouble. When he reported it to the coach he was so flustered he couldn’t even report correctly what he saw, so Coach Paterno only reported to the Athletic Director and President of Penn State. Keeping it in house was what he was told to do, and never reporting to the Police was his biggest mistake It wasn’t until November 5, 2011 that Sandusky was arrested on a $100,000 bail and up to 52 criminal counts were...
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...Penn State Scandal Everything was looking good for Joe Paterno and Penn State football as his football managing career rose with an overall record of 298-136-3 but in 2011, all that changed. Back in 2000 a janitor of Penn State witnessed Sandusky receiving oral sex from a young boy, the janitor reported what he saw to co-workers and his supervisor but none of these men reported these actions to authorities. It wasn’t until November 5, 2011 that Sandusky was arrested on a $100,000 bail and up to 40 criminal counts. ESPN were quickly in the scene to investigate and report the allegations on Sandusky. They quickly reported saying Sandusky was charged with more than 50 counts of child sex-abuse involving 10 boys he met through The Second Mile, a children's charity he founded. New York Times went on to report Sandusky has been accused of these charges before hand and action was never taken until now. 2 days after Sandusky’s arrest, athletic director Tim Curley and vice president for finance and business Gary Schultz stepped down from their positions, also being facing charges for not notifying the police for Sandusky’s actions. On December 16, 2011, Tim Curley and Gary Schultz were held for trial. "I don't remember any reports to me that it was sexual in nature," Mr. Curley told the grand jury, a statement prosecutors contend was a lie (Schmitz) Tim Curley allegedly said he did not report anything to the authorities because he felt a crime never occurred. This controversy led...
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...Abstract This paper will delve into the scandal that took the sports world by storm and led to a number of firings and lawsuits by both athletic coaches and even a president of a college university. The former Defensive Coordinator at Penn State Jerry Sandusky was accused and convicted of sexual abuse of multiple minors. This tragedy, better known as the Jerry Sandusky scandal, showcased a number of mistakes made by high ranking officials within Penn State University along with the former Head Football coach and former leader in wins at the NCAA level. Not only was there a lack of institutional control on behalf of the Head Coach, Athletic Director, and president, there were also a number of signs that were ignored. There are a number of theories as to why this scandal became what it was. Did it become this way due to employees fear repercussion for uncovering the truth? Or perhaps the culture was so controlled by a 85 year old Head Football Coach? The goal of this paper is to look at the facts presented in the case discover what truly led to the downfall of one of the most well-known NCAA Football programs in history. In 2011, news began to break of a disturbing incident that had taken place at one of the most well-known universities in the nation. Former Penn State University Assistant Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator Gerald “Jerry” Sandusky was accused of sexually abusing a number of young boys while employed by the university as well as after his retirement...
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...The scandal at Penn State that was the cause of Jerry Sandusky performing questionable acts of sexual child abuse has devastated the environment at the university. As a crisis management consultant, I would analyze the preconditions that took place before the crimes began. The scandal that consisted of Jerry Sandusky performing sexual child abuse has put Penn State in a position where the word difficult would be an understatement. The amount of backlash the university is receiving from every portion of the stakeholders is overwhelming. The media, students, parents, and faculty are all concerned with the university. As a crisis management consultant I require Penn State to be as proactive as possible. The university must understand the position...
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...Judged, Juried, and Executed Business Ethics Dawn M. Sobraski Florida Institute of Technology Table of Contents Abstract ……………………………………………………… 3 A Brief History ……………………………………………………… 4 Sandusky ……………………………………………………… 6 The First Signs ……………………………………………………… 8 Hasty Decisions ……………………………………………………… 9 Instances ……………………………………………………… 11 References ……………………………………………………… 12 Abstract In 2011 the world of college football was rocked with the news that Penn State’s former defensive coordinator, Gerald Sandusky, was being charged with numerous counts of deviant child molestation and sexual child abuse. With that news, Penn State administrators took it upon themselves to hastily convict the football team’s head coach, Joseph V. Paterno, and terminated him without benefit of judge or jury of his peers. Judged, Juried, and Executed A Brief History State College. Happy Valley. Mount Nittany. Penn State. Joe Paterno. JoePa. All names that bring to mind, the Penn State Nittany Lions. Joseph V. Paterno came from a working-class, Catholic, Italian-immigrant family in New York State. Joe and his brother would spend hours playing football in Flatbush with the neighborhood kids. His father worked two...
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...The Penn State University scandal was about an authority figure committing child sex abuse. Jerry Sandusky was a former assistant football coach for Penn State and charged with multiple counts of sexual abuse against children. He was convicted of 45 counts of sexual predator against children. Sandusky used his charity, The Second Mile, to select his victims. These illegal actions were committed between 1994 and 2009. There were other Penn State University officials implicated in legal, moral and ethical responsibilities for not reporting the crimes to the University’s Board of Trustees. Those included in the scandal for covering up the actions of Sandusky were university president Graham Spanier, athletic director Tim Curley, vice president...
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...In reviewing the sexual abuse scandal at Penn State, we find that assistant football coach and founder of The Second Mile (a charitable organization geared towards disadvantaged youth ) Jerry Sandusky is accused of child sexual abuse and related charges stemming from inappropriate behavior with male youth while in his care. In May of 1998, a report is made by the mother of a male child to University Police that Sandusky had showered with her son during a visit to the university campus. An investigation into an allegation of misconduct of Sandusky by the University failed to yield evidence of a crime and was closed. The University Police detective issued Sandusky a reprimanding, advising him to refrain from showing with any other children. was not forthcoming as brought out later in the investigation and knowledge of prior similar misconduct was dismissed by officials. Further, as stated in the grand jury report as reported by CNN, “Psychologist Alycia Chambers tells Penn State police that Sandusky...
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...The Penn State Scandal: Destructive Leadership Perspective The Penn State Scandal: Destructive Leadership Perspective Abstract The Penn State scandal stressed the involvement of key players in a web of deception, cover-up and sexual accusations of children. Those key players stressed in the case were Jerry Sandusky and Joe Paterno. Jerry Sandusky was accused of sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15 year period. Sandusky was ultimately found guilty of these charges. Other well-known names, such as Joe Paterno, were arrested and charged with conspiracy because of their failure to report the child abuse. This scandal rocked the Penn State community. Mainly because their culture was driven by a strong college sports influence. Many people wondered how such a strong community of leaders could allow something so awful to happen for so long. Observers of the scandal tended to frame the events in terms of individuals behaving badly or irresponsibly (Alderfer, 2013). So many focus on the leaders involved and neglect to identify an organization as a whole when discussing issues. Many people will participate in the destruction of an organization whether knowingly or not. Why do so many fail to identify all the elements in leadership? What other factors besides leadership contribute to destruction of an organization? Many areas were researched in regards to the organizational leadership of this paper. This paper will evaluate the destructive leadership of Penn State as a whole...
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...Gonzalez 1/23/2015 CRT/ 205 Melissa, White Child sexual abuse is a big issue in today’s world. It is pretty sad to say that the number of children being sexually abuse is increasing. Children are no longer safe and it is something that as a mother it concerns me because you don’t know how to protect your kids from it. For this assignment we were ask to read the Penn State Scandal article. In which a victim of child sexual abuse speaks out about his horrific experience and his journey to bring to justice the man responsible for his misery and pain. The victim suffered 4 long years of sexual abuse at the hands of Penn State defensive football coach jerry Sandusky. Even though the rapist got sentenced to jail for still didn’t make out for what the victim when through. One of the main points in this article is not only that a child rapist was exposed but that it outlines the litigation that stemmed from the Sandusky case. Three propositions came out it. The first one the Penn state litigation that mirrors others cases of sexual abuse. The second one is cases in which child safety is risked by child abusers and negligent institutions--to promote deterrence-courts and legislatures should preserve the civil accountability of the negligent actors as well as abusers. The last one in which civil cases, the child should not be considered responsible for any portion of the abuse. They were a few people besides the victim that new about the abuse. Those were assistant coach who testified...
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...Organizational Behavior in the Case of the Penn State Sex Abuse Scandal Kelley Griffin OL-500 Human Behavior in Organization Southern New Hampshire University Lisa Wright March 23, 2013 Organizational Behavior in the Case of the Penn State Sex Abuse Scandal In 2012, “former Penn State defensive coordinator Gerald “Jerry" Sandusky was found guilty of sexual abuse. . . . He was accused of sexually abusing 10 boys over a 15-year period in a scandal that has rocked the university's community” (Chappell, 2012, para. 1). When the story of Jerry Sandusky broke to the press, the University board believed the investigation currently underway at their university was solely concerning Jerry Sandusky, but unbeknownst to them, the organizational breakdown of Penn State was involved in the investigation as well. The investigation analyzed documents and conversations from Penn State’s leaders that spanned from 1998 to 2011. What came to light was that Sandusky, a renowned alumni of 32 years, ex-Penn State football coach, and an active member in youth charity programs, had been sexually harassing minors on and off university property. In addition, at various points during this time frame, leaders in various positions within Penn State’s organization knew of these accounts and did nothing about it. This report aims to focus on how the organizational culture as well as the breakdown in leadership responsibilities, aided in the allowance of such acts to continue...
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...(MLB) Major League Baseball saw an offensive explosion in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Runs were being scored at a prodigious pace. Home run records were shattered year after year. All of this led to renewed fan interest and new heights in attendance. The game was in good health and poised for continued growth. Until it was discovered these achievements were fueled by performance enhancing drugs. Fans and media learned new information daily regarding widespread drug use, player denial and MLB’s lackadaisical handling of the situation. The cheating scandal threatened the integrity of the game. There were myriad missteps along the way in managing this crisis and our analysis explores several of the most critical mistakes. Penn State The arrest of former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky was first reported in the fall of 2011. Sandusky was being accused of dozens of counts of child sexual abuse and it was unclear which Penn State personnel knew about the incidents and how much they knew. Below you'll find a review of how Penn State's communication of the situation impacted their reputation and what steps they could take to mitigate the issue. LIPA In the fall of 2012, Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast causing extensive damage in many seaside towns in New York and New Jersey. As expected with major storms, there were widespread power outages. Long Island Power Authority (LIPA), contracted by the State of New York, was expected to restore power...
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...Accounting Ethics Reflection PENN STATE CHILD ABUSE SCANDAL: A CULTURE OF INDIFFERENCE What motivates an otherwise ethical person to do the wrong thing when faced with an ethical dilemma? Why did Joe Paterno and administrators at Penn State University look the other way and fail to act on irrefutable evidence that former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky had raped and molested young boys, an offense for which Sandusky currently is serving a 30- to 60-year sentence? According to the independent report by Louis Freeh that investigated the sexual abuse, four of the most powerful people at Penn State, including president Graham Spanier, athletic director Timothy Curley, senior vice president Gary Schultz, and head football coach Joe Paterno, sheltered a child predator harming children for over a decade by concealing Sandusky’s activities from the board of trustees, the university community, and authorities. The Freeh report characterizes the inactions as lacking empathy for the victims by failing to inquire as to their safety and wellbeing. Not only that, but they exposed the first abused child to additional harm by alerting Sandusky, who was the only one who knew the child’s identity, of what assistant coach Mike McQueary saw in the shower on the night of February 9, 2001.1 McQueary testified at the June 2012 trial of Sandusky that when he was a graduate assistant, he walked into the locker room and heard sounds of slapping and observed Sandusky up against a boy, whose hands were...
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