Sports Ethics for Sports Management Professionals

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. Key Features: - Case Studies present real-life examples of ethical dilemmas, supplemented by questions that ask the student to engage with the content. - Cases show how these ethical situations are addressed by the legal system in the United States. - Notes and Discussion Questions provide open-ended questions that instructors can use to generate classroom discussions.

Associate Professor, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan

Dean of Academics, Belhaven University at Houston, Houston, Texas, President and Founder, The Global Institute for Ethical Leadership