Syllabus
Values in sport:
1. The nature of sport - analytical and phenomenological approaches,
2. The athlete and the nature of sporting experience, with especial reference to phenomenological analyses,
3. Intrinsic and extrinsic values of sport,
4. Olympism and its principal humanistic values,
5. Education in sport. Sports ethics:
1. Critical ethical thinking - some examples,
2. Contemporary ethical issues: technology, cheating, homophobia, violence, etc.,
3. Fair play,
4. Athlete categorization, the sex category,
5. Match-fixing and corruption - ethical arguments. Sporting Integrity:
1. The nature of integrity in sport,
2. Personal integrity,
3. Organizational integrity,
4. Procedural integrity,
5. Representation of the self.
Annotation
This module will present three core themes: values in sport, fair play and the ethics of sport, and sporting integrity.
The first section, on values in sport, includes discussions on the nature of sport – analytical approaches to the concept of sport; phenomenological analysis of the athlete; investigations of the nature of sporting experience, intrinsic and extrinsic values in sport, and Olympism and its principal humanistic values. The role of education in the work of integrity officers will be discussed.
The second section, on fair play and the ethics of sport, will focus on foundational issues in the understanding of ethical approaches to the most important problems facing sport as a practical enterprise, as a source of personal value, and as a social institution. We shall especially consider the nature of integrity as applied to sport, and will examine particular issues, such as categorization of athletes, match-fixing and gambling, use of technology, and other contemporary ethical issues.
The third section will show how all of the above is required background for an understanding of varieties of sporting integrity, such as: Personal integrity: the behaviour of individuals in a sporting context, whether they be players, coaches, referees, administrators, etc. Organizational integrity: the professional integrity of the organization as a whole, as well as the personal integrity of sport administrators, and others working in sport organizations.
Procedural integrity: the logic and value of sport as a social practice with a focus on the integrity of the sporting event.