Applied Ethics for Sport Managers

Why do we love sport? Is it the thrill of competition? Watching excellence in action? The unpredictability of the outcome? Or could it be that we are drawn to sport because, on a subconscious level, sport tests our ethical resolve?

Comprised of 16 chapters, the 2nd edition includes three new chapters in Part I providing a comprehensive overview of The Essentials of Sport. The addition of The Athlete Code (Ch. 2) recognizes the intense pressure athletes are under to hyper-commit to elite performance expectations and the dangers such an extreme commitment poses. Next, The Human Athlete (Ch. 3) explores the necessity of human error in sport and questions whether technological advances reduce the autonomy and human agency of sporting participants. Importantly, The Integrity of Sport (Ch. 4) stresses the duty sporting leagues and associations have to protect against the external threats of sports gambling as well as hostile social media that violate athletes' sense of safety and security.

Written in a student-friendly way, this book will heighten your awareness regarding the importance, responsibilities, and challenge of becoming the complete sport manager. The complete sport manager is someone who evolves from a manager of sport to a leader of sport by operating professionally, ethically, and socially responsibly.

Applied exercises will put your conceptual and theoretical learning to the test:

• It's Your Turn—Challenges you to recognize and accept your professional responsibilities by determining: What must I do?
• Take Action—Propels you into the real world of managing sport ethically by reflecting and acting on: What should I do? And, why should I do it?
• Take the Lead—Challenges you to shift from a manager of sport to a leader of sport by answering the call: What can I do?
• Red Flag Challenges—Test your commitment to fulfill all three of your responsibilities to operate professionally, ethically, and socially responsibly by determining: What must I do? What should I do? And, what can I do?

The 2nd edition includes updated real-world dilemmas and new Red Flag Challenges.