To value the role ethics plays in athletics as sports managers, coaches, or players each must understand the difference between “Winning at All Costs” and being “A Good Sport”. The distinction can be made between the two of them with being a good sport utilizing ethics in contrast to bending rules to gain an advantage to win a competition.
Any person who has watched an athletic event has seen someone in soccer fake an injury. Another illustration with the implementation of video review is watching a football player poke another in the eye or even worse step on them deliberately. While some participants may cross an ethical boundary organization and coaches are not exempt from making ethical decisions. No better example can be provided than …show more content…
Fairness, Integrity, and respect which are all ethical means to resolving many of the above mentioned questionable actions specific to sports. They may be applied to the office yet it’s hard to imagine in the business world two secretaries tackling each other. While causing harm to another is more common in sports ethics can also be applied to race, sport eligibility, or student-athlete issues.
The overall general consensus among sports professional is that “both the ethical and the legal aspects of a situation” (Thornton, Champion, & Ruddell, 2012) need to be made when making a decision. While some acts may be for the greater good of fair play and not illegal to come to good decisions requires having a solid grasp of the “ethical decision-making process.”
Bibliography
Hanson, K. O., & Savage, M. (2012, August). What Role Does Ethics Play in Sports? Retrieved from Santa Clara University: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/submitted/sports-ethics.html
Thornton, P. K., Champion, J. W., & Ruddell, L. S. (2012). Sports Ethics for Sports Management Professionals. Sudbury, Massachusetts: Jones & Bartlett
Any person who has watched an athletic event has seen someone in soccer fake an injury. Another illustration with the implementation of video review is watching a football player poke another in the eye or even worse step on them deliberately. While some participants may cross an ethical boundary organization and coaches are not exempt from making ethical decisions. No better example can be provided than …show more content…
Fairness, Integrity, and respect which are all ethical means to resolving many of the above mentioned questionable actions specific to sports. They may be applied to the office yet it’s hard to imagine in the business world two secretaries tackling each other. While causing harm to another is more common in sports ethics can also be applied to race, sport eligibility, or student-athlete issues.
The overall general consensus among sports professional is that “both the ethical and the legal aspects of a situation” (Thornton, Champion, & Ruddell, 2012) need to be made when making a decision. While some acts may be for the greater good of fair play and not illegal to come to good decisions requires having a solid grasp of the “ethical decision-making process.”
Bibliography
Hanson, K. O., & Savage, M. (2012, August). What Role Does Ethics Play in Sports? Retrieved from Santa Clara University: http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/submitted/sports-ethics.html
Thornton, P. K., Champion, J. W., & Ruddell, L. S. (2012). Sports Ethics for Sports Management Professionals. Sudbury, Massachusetts: Jones & Bartlett