The three terms used to define ethics are “Right, Proper, and Just” and the question is “what is right, proper and just”.
To understand the role ethics plays in sport it is important to know what are the ethical issues a sportsman faces, mentioned below are a few of them :
Steroids and Drug use:
Since the 1960s, the use of performance enhancing …show more content…
Gambling:
Illicit and insider gambling is an increasing problem that is growing rapidly.
Match Fixing
Match fixing is the arranging in advance the outcome of a match
These issues can be faced only with the spirit of true sportsmanship. Various attributes of ethical decision making in sports are:
Trustworthiness:
Always pursue victory with honor
Observe and enforce the spirit of the rules
Do not engage in or tolerate dishonesty, cheating, or dishonorable conduct.
Respect
Treat the traditions of the sport and other participants with respect.
Win with grace and lose with dignity.
Responsibility
Be a positive role model on and off the field.
Just because a substance is legal or natural doesn’t mean it’s permitted or safe. Safeguard your health. Know what you’re putting in your body.
Be accountable for the decisions you make.
Fairness:
Adhere to high standards of fair play.
Never take an unfair advantage
Caring:
Demonstrate concern for others.
Encourage your teammates to make healthy choices and be prepared to report the dangerous behavior if it continues. …show more content…
They stimulate or control the development and maintenance of male characteristics.
In international sports and the Olympic Games, a female athlete is not eligible to participate in the female category if the amount of androgenic hormone exceeds the permissible limits, on the ground that the condition could confer an unfair advantage.
Later, Asian Junior Athletics Championships, prompted the Athletics Federation of India to ask for a gender test in July 2015 and finally Dutee won the case in July 2015 overturning her ban on competing.
This was one such case in Indian sports history where the justice was given late, costing her the chance to compete in Commonwealth and Asian Games. She failed a testosterone test because her natural level of the hormone surpassed 10 nanomoles per liter; anything above that the IAAF considers excessive for women.
No one knows what causes at Chand "androgen excess" found, women affected by this phenomenon are often subject to"hyperandrogenism". Some are XY, like men, and have mini undescended -testicules. Say "intersex" or having a "disorder of sexual differentiation,"they naturally secrete high levels of testosterone. The sports world considers them derive an unfair advantage, which is not scientifically proven, and even contested, especially since they have neither cheated on their gender - the great fear of the instances of the sport - or resorted to