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On completion of this module students should be able to:
1. Understand the significant ethical and legal issues affecting the sports industry.
2. Develop a critical awareness of the moral and ethical bases of decision-making in sport management.
3. Comprehend and advocate for diverse perspectives on both historical and hypothetical cases.
4. Research and develop well-founded arguments for ethical and legal issues.
5. Enhance teamwork, communication, and critical thinking skills.
Behaviour: Fan, parent, volunteer, and coach management
Fairness: Competitiveness, cheating, and sports/gamespersonship
Governance: Corruption in local, national, and international sports governance
Identity: Equity, diversity, and inclusion (including all self- and societally-imposed identity markers)
Law: Legal precedents and legislating sport
Marketing: Sportswashing, corporate social responsibility, and the sports-media complex
Money: Finances, gambling, and commercial impacts
Risks: Violence, doping, and human rights
Sustainability : Environmentalism, climate action, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Specified Learning Activities | 65 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 36 |
Lectures | 24 |
Total | 125 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Group Work Assignment: Team debates and weekly research reports | Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10 | Graded | No | 80 |
No |
Participation in Learning Activities: In-class participation in discussions and completion of personality assessment | Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, Week 4, Week 5, Week 6, Week 7, Week 8, Week 9, Week 10, Week 11, Week 12 | Graded | No | 20 |
No |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Summer | No |
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
After each debate, groups will receive oral or written feedback either in-class, after class, or via email.