Sports Ethics for Sports Management Professionals / Edition 1

by Patrick K. Thornton, Walter T. Champion Jr., Lawrence S. Ruddell

Overview

Sports Ethics for Sports Management Professionals provides students with the necessary tools to make ethical decisions in the sports management field. It presents several ethical models that the sports management professional can use as a platform to make ethical decisions. Directed at future sports executives and sports managers, the book contains numerous case studies which allow students to apply the ethical decision-making process to a sports-related ethical dispute.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763743840
Publisher:	Jones & Bartlett Learning
Publication date:	05/04/2011
Edition description:	1
Pages:	502
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Part time lecturer, Rice University


George Foreman Professor of Sports and Entertainment Law, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas


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

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Ethical Concepts in Sports
Chapter 2 Sportsmanship and Gamesmanship
Chapter 3 Gambling in Sports
Chapter 4 Ethics for Part icipants, Coaches, and Referees
Chapter 5 Ethical Considerations for Parents and Fans
Chapter 6 Violence in Sports
Chapter 7 The Ethics of Drug Use and Testing
Chapter 8 Ethical Considerations of Race in Sports
Chapter 9 The Ethical Duties of Sports Agents
Chapter 10 Women in Sports, Discrimination and Title IX
Chapter 11 Ethical Considerations for Intellectual Property
Chapter 12 Ethical Considerations in Sports Media