Sports Ethics for Sports Management Professionals

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Sports management professionals are confronted with many ethical decisions during their careers, and it’s essential that they be equipped to make an informed decision when faced with a difficult situation. The goal of Sports Ethics for Sports Management Professionals, Second Edition is to provide professionals with the tools necessary to tackle these kinds of situations. The Second Edition presents several ethical models that sports management professional can apply as a guide to making ethical decisions. It also considers areas significant within sports ethics, including race and discrimination, gender equity, privacy, violence, and drug use and drug testing. Sports Ethics for Sport Management Professionals contains numerous case studies that allow students to apply the ethical decision-making process to sports-related ethical disputes, as well as cases showing how ethical situations are addressed by the legal system in the United States. A new chapter, “The Commercialization of Amateur Sports,” discusses the collegiate model of athletics, principles of amateurism and the student athlete, and compensation of college coaches and athletic administrators. Updated case studies reflect current discussions and subjects of interest in sports ethics, including Maria Sharapova’s 15-month doping ban as well as Colin Kaepernick and the NFL protests. Additional updates relate to the World Anti-Doping Agency code, the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal, and the NCAA’s college athlete gambling survey. © 2020 | 292 pages