Political scandal

Political scandal is an act or opinion that transgresses the behaviour standards expected of a politician or political system. Political scandals may involve a crime but to be a scandal it only has to be a serious affront of public morality. A politician exposed as having a mistress would be seen as scandalous in one nation and ignored in another.

1. Unethical practices in politics
2. Scandal

1. Sex scandals

1. Reluctance to join in community action
2. Official cover-ups
3. Loss of confidence in government leaders
4. Diplomatic embarrassment

1. Unethical practices of government leaders
2. Unethical practices in local government
3. Moral offences in heterosexual pairing
4. Inadequate management of government finances
5. Abusive distribution of political patronage

1. Uncritical acceptance of authority
2. Cover-ups

1. Speculative flight of capital
2. Blackmail by government officials

1. Showing leadership in international politics
2. Exposing political scandal
3. Covering-up political scandal

1. Self-government
2. Scandal
3. Government