Sentences with phrase «scandals prompted change»

For the next half a decade or so, I was quite comfortable with my board responsibilities — that is, until 2001, when scandals prompted change.

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Our research also reveals the importance of critical events in driving such change, from the accusations of cronyism that led to the creation of OCPA, to the fallout of the MPs» expenses scandal that prompted pledges to «clean up» politics through such measures as pre-appointment scrutiny.

But previous scandals and convictions have failed to dramatically change the state's political culture, and most of the state's most powerful officials — including Silver's successor as Assembly speaker, Carl Heastie, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who said earlier changes had prompted the case against Silver — aren't yet pressing for more reforms.

With that in mind (and prompted by the widespread backlash to the ongoing Cambridge Analytica scandal), Facebook is changing things for the better today.

While it seems Facebook is playing to the crowd, this may be a change that was prompted by its recent scandals and European privacy laws.