Sport Ethics

by Malloy, David Cruise, Ph.D.; Ross, Saul; Zakus, Dwight H.

• ISBN13: 9781550771077
• ISBN10: 1550771078
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Thompson Educational Pub

Summary

Sport has always presented participants, administrators and observers with a wide and often bizarre array of ethical dilemmas. They take on a special edge, perhaps because the sport personalities are usually well known as are result of the extensive media coverage of sporting events. We look in astonishment and horror at such things as the judging debacle in the pairs figure-skating event at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, the not-too-distant future possibility of genetically modified athletes, the bribe taking by members of the IOC, the widespread steroid use by athletes, the child sex-abuse cases in hockey, the acceptance of physical assault and violence, the hooligans among British soccer fans, and the drug abusers at the Tour de France. This revised and expanded edition is designed to provide an analytical framework to enable readers to explore and understand many of the ethical issues and controversies in sport today. Included for discussion purposes are topical case studies drawn from the world of sport and recreation.

Table of Contents

Preface	11	(2)
New Approaches to Sport Education	13	(6)
Brief Overview of Content and Approach Used	15	(2)
Advice on How To Use This Book	17	(2)
Recreation and Sport in the New Millennium	19	(26)
New Sport Performers and Changing Global Markets: The Basis of Change in Sport	22	(6)
Expansion of the Sport Industry	28	(11)
Recreation: Public Good or Economic Rationalization?	39	(3)
The Need for Education in Ethics	42	(3)
Introduction to Ethics	45	(14)
Divergent Assessment of Behavior	46	(1)
Axiological Framework	46	(2)
Ethics and Morals	48	(1)
Three Ethical Bases	48	(2)
Ethical Bases and Values Clarification	50	(1)
Moral Discourse and Moral Reasoning	50	(1)
Why Be Ethical?	50	(1)
Human Interaction	51	(1)
Refusal To Obey the Rules	51	(1)
Goodness Is Preferable to Evil	52	(1)
Rendering Moral Judgment	53	(1)
Agent Accountability	54	(1)
Five Steps for Rendering Ethical Judgment-Model I	54	(4)
Summary	58	(1)
Sources of Ethical Decision Making	59	(18)
Brief Historical Overview	59	(1)
Consequentialism (Teleology): What Is Good Behavior?	60	(6)
Non-Consequentialism (Deontology): What Is Right Behavior?	66	(5)
Existentialism: What Is Authentic Behavior?	71	(2)
Synthesis: Good, Right, and Authentic Behavior	73	(2)
Summary	75	(2)
Moderators Influencing Ethical Decision Making	77	(16)
Model II-A Comprehensive Approach	77	(14)
Summary	91	(1)
Recommended Readings	91	(2)
The Process of Ethical Decision Making	93	(6)
The Seven Stages	93	(5)
Recommended Readings	98	(1)
Ethical Principles for Sport and Recreation	99	(22)
Three Conceptions of Sport-Models of Practice	103	(2)
Four Ethical Sport Principles	105	(1)
First Principle: Promise Keeping	106	(3)
Second Principle: Respect for Persons	109	(4)
Third Principle: Responsibility and/or Duty	113	(2)
Fourth Principle: Balance	115	(2)
A Wider Context	117	(1)
General Applicability	118	(3)
Putting Theory into Action: Case Studies for Model I	121	(60)
The Application of Model I	121	(1)
Example Case: Fresno State Hires a Head Coach	121	(2)
Moral Discourse	123	(58)
Rulings, Responsibilities, and Consequences	127	(1)
Challenging Authority: Who Has the Final Say?	128	(2)
Rules Are Rules: Children and Adults	130	(1)
Residency Requirements for Minor League Hockey	131	(2)
Post-Game Handshakes	133	(1)
Winning and Losing On and Off the Field	134	(1)
The Quest for Records	135	(1)
Obligations: Minor Hockey Versus School	136	(1)
Rules Are Rules: Safety of Children	137	(1)
Health Risk and Sport Participation	138	(2)
Acts of Commission, Acts of Omission	140	(1)
Medical Care, Medical Business, and the NFL	141	(2)
Professional Tennis Age Restrictions	143	(1)
Employees, Unions, Sponsors, and Sport Teams	144	(1)
To Bet or Not To Bet on Track and Field	145	(1)
Division I-A Football on Campus	146	(1)
Home Exercise Videos	147	(1)
Winning and Job Tenure	148	(2)
Competition, Cooperation, and Revenue	150	(1)
Subsidies for Major Sports Teams	151	(1)
NFL Expansion Draft	152	(1)
Female Participation in Sport	153	(2)
Becoming A Boy	155	(2)
Musical Parents	157	(2)
The Matter of T-Shirts	159	(2)
Never! In Hockey!	161	(1)
Sweatshop Shoes and Global Icons	162	(1)
Cybersport	163	(2)
Sportsmanship and Football/Soccer: The Letter of the Law and the Spirit of the Law?	165	(1)
Positions of Trust-Coaches	166	(2)
Conflict of Cultures: Snowboarders and the IOC	168	(3)
Corporate Ethics: Is the IOC Different from Other Organizations?	171	(2)
Moral Character in Professional Sport	173	(1)
Violence in Hockey: When Is It ``Part of the Game''? When Is It a Crime?	174	(1)
Ethical Consistency	175	(1)
IOC Ethics and the Drugs in Sport War	176	(5)
Putting Theory into Action: Case Studies for Model II	181	(46)
Basic Assumptions for Case Study Analysis Using Model II	181	(1)
Model II-Comprehensive Analysis	181	(1)
Example Case: Gender and Sport	182	(1)
Case Study Analysis	183	(5)
Summary	188	(39)
The Young Coach and the Old Tradition	189	(2)
The Benevolent Autocrat	191	(2)
The Only Coach in Town	193	(2)
Walden Sportplex-Fighting Change	195	(1)
SPORTPLAY-The Lure and Peril	196	(3)
A Little Help from Her Friends	199	(2)
Pulling at Heart Strings?	201	(1)
Winning	202	(2)
Everyone Else Is Doing It	204	(2)
Groupthink	206	(2)
Sweatshops and Not-for-Profit Fundraisers	208	(2)
Harassment and Chivalry	210	(2)
Faculty of Kinesiology Student Society: Freedom and Responsibility	212	(2)
A Free Ride	214	(2)
Academic Fraud	216	(1)
Code of Ethics: Is It Enough?	217	(2)
Vices and Fundraising: Compatibility Paradox?	219	(2)
Put on Your Administrative Hat	221	(2)
Playing the Big Leagues	223	(4)
Glossary of Terms	227	(2)
Index	229