The descriptions and examples of unethical behaviors in sport in
this book will challenge readers to rethink how they view sport and
question whether participating in sport builds character-especially
at the youth and amateur levels. Sport potentially can teach
character as well as social and moral values, but only when these
positive concepts are consistently taught, modeled, and reinforced
by sport leaders with the moral courage to do so. The seeming moral
crisis threatening amateur and youth sport-evidenced by athletes,
coaches, and parents alike making poor ethical choices-and ongoing
scandals regarding performance-enhancing drug use by professional
athletes make sports ethics a topic of great concern. This work
enables readers to better understand the ethical challenges facing
competitive sport by addressing issues such as gamesmanship,
doping, cheating, sportsmanship, fair play, and respect for the
game. A compelling read for coaches, sport administrators, players,
parents, and sport fans, the book examines specific examples of
unethical behaviors-many cases of which occur in amateur and
educational sports-to illustrate how these incidents threaten the
perception that sport builds character. It identifies and
investigates the multiple reasons for cheating in sport, such as
the fact that the rewards for succeeding are so high, and the
feeling of athletes that they must behave as they do to "level the
playing field" because everyone else is cheating, being violent,
taking performance-enhancing drugs, or doing whatever it takes to
win. Readers will gain insight into how coaches and sport
administrators can achieve the goals for youth, interscholastic,
intercollegiate, and Olympic sport by stressing moral values and
character development as well as see how specific recommendations
can help ensure that sport can serve to build character rather than
teach bad behavior in the pursuit of victory. Describes and
analyzes key ethical issues, such as cheating, fair play, violence,
discriminatory actions, and the use of performance-enhancing drugs,
in a single volume Identifies how ethical problems in sport affect
sport in the United States and internationally but also
significantly impact society overall Examines significant events
and influential individuals to provide a historical and
sociological context for understanding how and why individuals
behave unethically in sport Provides a wealth of information and
resources that describe how poor behaviors of athletes, coaches,
and parents in sport can be changed through educational
interventions and a reemphasis on values like integrity
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