Saints Bounty Scandal: A Case Study

After the scandal broke out the New Orleans Saints organization had a real mess to deal with. The Saints name had been tarnished and will always be remembered as the organization that put bounties on opposing teams. As an organization these aren’t the types of things that you want to be remembered by. That’s why ethics plays a huge role in the world of business. With companies and organizations people’s opinions are everything. Individuals aren’t going to affiliate themselves or buy something from these organizations if they have a bad name or use unethical business practices. The New Orleans Saints Bounty Scandal is just a perfect example of this because this just shows how the Saints used bad practices which lead to a tarnished name. Which …show more content…
After the public found out about the “pay for performance” program used by the Saints various fans spoke out on how they felt on the matter. One fan, Jan Lueken, from Bemidji, Minnesota wrote, “The Saints' only Super Bowl victory will forever be tainted by the dirty, underhanded tactics they used to win. There is no sportsmanship or honor in winning a game when it encourages -- even rewards -- violence and injuries. The violence, if allowed to continue unchecked, eventually would alienate many fans such as myself” (n.d., 2012). This quote just shows the image fans had of the organization after finding out about the scandal. As the fan stated it tears fans away from the organization, and tarnishes all of the organizations accomplishments during that period of time. Another issue that this event displays is the encouragement of violent and unsafe sports behavior on the youth. For a lot of kids professional athletes are role models that they look up to. In a health magazine Marilyn Cram Donahue, a children’s author, writes, “A role model is a person you admire and want to emulate. He or she will have some of the same interests and talents that you