In the Sandusky’s Scandal, the future of Penn State sports rolled into a sudden traumatic aftermath. The child sex-abuse charges affected the stakeholders who had an interest in the company. These internal stakeholders consisted of employees, the manager, and the owners of the organization. The external stakeholders in the organization which was also affected were suppliers, society, government, creditors, shareholders, students, and customers. The internal stakeholders are the primary stakeholders. They were affected by the economic transactions with the company and the people. The external stakeholders were affected by the performance of the university. These various groups were affected by stiff sanctions and a $60 million fine against the
Realizing Ethical Issues Helps You Avoid Unethical Behaviors In this age of change, the human society is progressing rapidly on various fields. However, the ethical problems are becoming increasingly severe. According to the teaching notes of “In It To Win: The Jack Abramoff Story,” “During the Bush Administration, Abramoff was the most influential lobbyist in Washington, D.C. His excesses led to his downfall and that of Congress members with whom he was closely connected, including aides, business associates, government officials, and lawmakers.”
Coach Paterno is no longer with us but these new documents must force us to ask the questions is winning at all cost worth it? Is a winning program worth more than the damaged lives of these young boys or other children in other athletic programs?
While many were not aware of Sandusky behavior, however, some were aware of what Sandusky was doing but failed to share the information with the Board of Trustees. The ones that were aware of Sandusky’s behavior was President Spanier, Senior Vice President of Finance and Business, Gary Schultz, the Athletic Director Timothy Curley, and Head Coach of the football team, Joseph Paterno (Crandall, Parnell, & Spillan, 2013). They all kept Sandusky’s unethical behavior to themselves, which if they would have spoken up, something could have been
Today I went to the Joe Nocera book reading at the UConn Co-op bookstore in Storrs Center. This event focused on his recent best seller “Indentured: The Epic Scandal of the NCAA.” Dr. Joseph Cooper moderated the discussion and posed two main questions for Nocera. The first question was, “What sparked your interest in college sport reform?” Nocera responded simply by exclaiming, “UConn!” He elaborated on this by explaining how the injustice UConn Basketball guard Ryan Boatright experienced over NCAA sanctions early in his career inspired him to stand up to the NCAA. The second question Dr. Cooper posed was, “How do you address the dynamic of power five conferences, College Football Playoff, and March Madness?” For this, Mr. Nocera raised some
The purpose of this memo is to provide insight into the July 2012 “Report of the Special Investigative Counsel regarding the actions of the Pennsylvania State University related to the Child Sexual Abuse Committed by Gerald A. Sandusky” which is referred to as the “Freeh Report.” In this memo I will focus on the significant breakdowns in leadership at Penn State and the failure of the board to exercise oversight which created an environment where ethical negligence and misconduct occurred.
Easterbrook’s story gives gaudy and raw statistics as well as inside information that the average fan in remotely unaware of. Even as a die-hard sports fan, there is information that even I was unaware of. Things such as profits, earnings, expenses, and structure in organizations and universities is mind-boggling and can make you rethink who you see the NFL and college football. The amount of money flowing through these organizations is astronomical. The combination of sponsors and donors
However, others argue that these athletes are producing revenues not only for the schools, which gives these students scholarships, but also for shoe companies, television networks, and the conference in which these schools belong. Moreover, the equity problem could obviously be solved if all collegiate...
Kelly’s studies indicate, “university trustees, presidents, and other influential parties see football as a potential asset that can benefit the entire institution”. Throughout the country, collegiate football teams have been formed to improve their athletic program, increase the value of their institution, and increase the marketability of themselves to potential students. With the addition of a football program, some schools are able to “provide financial resources for other varsity athletic teams”(Kelly 284). So, not only can the football program provide for itself, but essentially provide for other programs that would
Collegiate athletics in the United States, in particular N.C.A.A. (National Collegiate Athletic Association) Division I basketball and football, have become one of the most prominent forms of sports entertainment today. Like their professional counterparts, the economic stability of many university and college sports programs relies on the success of its teams. As a result, coaches and team officials have been subject to a great deal of criticism, as many have been using improper methods to recruit athletes for their teams. In the past half century, the NCAA, an amateur organization, has been no stranger to its share of corruption and scandal. The NCAA’s constitution states that “An amateur sportsman is one who engages in sports for the physical, mental or social benefits he derives therefrom, and to whom the sport is an avocation. Any college athlete who takes pay for participation in athletics does not meet this definition of amateurism.” (from In Praise of ‘Student-Athletes’: the NCAA is Haunted by its past, in The Chronicle of Higher Education, January 8 1999) In addition to athletic scholarships, statistics have shown that nearly 50% of college athletes have themselves - or know of - athletes who have received under-the-table-payments for their services. (from Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Exploiting College Athletes, page 63)
The current athletics systems in many large colleges are no longer beneficial to student-athletes or the academic premise the schools were founded under and are in need of intensive restructuring. Ernest Boyer, former president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching said, "I believe that the college sports system is one of the most corrupting and destructive influences on higher education" (1999). In fact, it is widely acknowledged that there is corruption by many college coaches in the areas of recruiting, eligibility, degree progress, and academic integrity of athletes. The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association), the national governing and accrediting agency for college athletics, possesses the duty of policing such offenses, but it is currently in a position to make huge profits off big-time sports, despite their continued claims of a non-profit status. The NCAA’s inconsistent enforcement of violations, seemingly based on the size of a program, has fueled many questions regarding the appropriateness of their role as a rules enforcement organization. The corruption by coaches and administrators, and academic ineligibility of many athletes has led people to wonder whether the amateur status of Division I athletes is still appropriate.
“Johnny Football” is the latest collegiate athlete to rekindle the fiery debate of paying college stars. The overwhelming majority of students do not get the luxury of having a top university willing to pay for their tuition. Many think, for the elite, the institutions need to go a step further and pay these amateurs based on their performance. Others suggest that the NCAA should have equal pay for all student-athletes. Opening athletes for sponsorship from non-college affiliated businesses is the judicial method of compensating athletes.
When sports become overly commercialized it is not seen as immoral, however, athlete’s, coaches, and sport administrators may let the non moral values of money, success, or fame influence their ethical decisions. In these moments we see a school or organizations true nature of character. According to Practical Ethics in Sport Management, “Principle-centered leaders in sports say the purpose of sport at these levels is to develop character traits such as dedication, sacrifice, responsibility, and group spirit” (Ethics, 216). But we all know this is not always the case. In this paper will discuss four different ethical issues centered around college football as a commercialized sport.
The short story of “A Scandal in Bohemia” by Conan Doyle relates to the BBC crime drama series Sherlock episode “A Scandal in Belgravia”. BBC crime drama was filmed based on the short story that Conan Doyle wrote. The film and the text is based on a similar concept, but contains different details of information. There are three comparisons that is easily identified such as theme, characters and setting. These differences make the text and the film different.
The recent college athletic program that is experiencing negative publicity is the firing of the head coach of the University of Louisville men’s basketball Rick Pitino. In past years there has been several account of misconduct from the student athletes with alleged federal bribery and fraud investigation. These charges lead to the firing of Rick Pitino, who claims that he was unaware of the actions taking place. The University and the president Gregory Postel stated “we listened carefully to what they said, we read carefully everything they gave us, but we felt that our initial decision to begin the process if termination for cause was still in the best interest of the University (NPR.org, 2017).” The type of media coverage is television,
Recently there was a huge scandal in which people lost their jobs, rules were broken, and fans were enraged. This scandal took place in college basketball.