FIFA and Ethics: Contradictions, Challenges and Corruption Introduction In an insightful overview of the capacity of sociological perspectives to enlighten us about the place of ethics in sport, Chas Critcher wrote, back in the early 1990s, that there are well-established “ways in which the organization of sport actually contributes to disorder, deviance and unethical behavior… Continue reading FIFA and Ethics: Contradictions, Challenges and Corruption
Category: Ethics and corruption in sport
Vitaly Mutko’s Life Ban: The IOC matches its bark with some bite
At its meeting on 5 December 2017, the IOC’s Executive Board met to consider the Schmid Report, its own commissioned report on the Russian doping question, produced for the Disciplinary Commission (DC) by a panel chaired by Samuel Schmid, a member of the IOC Ethics Committee and a former President of the Swiss Confederation. [1]… Continue reading Vitaly Mutko’s Life Ban: The IOC matches its bark with some bite
Reflections on the corrupt leadership in the Russian Federation’s sports hierarchy: more on Mutko
Reflections on the corrupt leadership in the Russian Federation’s sports hierarchy: more on Mutko Alan Tomlinson The McLaren Reports showed, in July and November 2016, involvement at the highest levels of the Russian Federation (across government, the Russian Federal Security Service [FSB], and the national sport organisations) in the corrupt doping practices that stained the… Continue reading Reflections on the corrupt leadership in the Russian Federation’s sports hierarchy: more on Mutko
FIFA: Ethics, Voice and Organisational Power Plays in World Football/Soccer’s Governing Body
PDF of Presentation made at 37th Annual NASSS Conference. “Fight for your rights and your voice: Public Sociology across organizations and institutions” Tampa, Florida, USA November 4th 2016 FIFA: Ethics, Voice and Organisational Power Plays in World Football/Soccer's Governing Body
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