Bill Cosby Case Study

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Organization in Crisis. The name of the organization, or in this instance person, experiencing the crisis is Bill Cosby. On the cusps of his television comeback, several allegations of sexual assault have remerged against Bill Cosby.

Situation Summary. The Bill Cosby sexual assault scandal has been a culmination of long standing allegations starting back in 1969(CITATION). The story has garnered mounting attention recently dues to the ease of access of information that the internet provides. Within the span of one month, claims have nearly tripled. According to Time, sixteen women have come forth twelve of whom have claimed to have been drugged by Mr. Cosby(CITATION). The person who sparked the topic is comedian Hannibal Buress, who was filmed at a comedy club mocking Mr. Cosby and calling him a rapist. To combat this incident, Mr. Cosby’s PR team launched an online meme generator, which backfired immediately with references to rape. These allegations, although past the statute of limitations in many states, have cost Mr. Cosby the opportunity to further his business. Since the allegations have reemerged Netflix has cancelled Mr. Cosby’s comedy special, NBC has halted the production of a new TV project staring Mr. Cosby and TV Land has scraped re-runs of The Cosby Show (CITATION). …show more content…

This crisis could have been prevented. If Mr. Cosby had shut down the allegations in the first scandal in 1969, I believe further rumors would not have emerged. The reboot of these rumors could have also been prevented back in 2005 when Andrea Constand filed a lawsuit against Bill Cosby. He settled the lawsuit, for the same allegations, suspiciously outside of court (CITATION). Working under the assumption that Mr. Cosby is guilty, he could have prevented this crisis by not drugging, raping women, or paying them for their company. Under the assumptions that all these allegations are false, this crisis could have been avoided with successfully proving his innocence in a court of

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