Ethics in Sports (EDMA 172)

Course Overview

1 Semester Hour of Graduate Credit

Ethics in Sports raises sociological and ethical questions for those who teach and coach. At the same time presenters illustrate how philosophical analysis can clarify and help resolve the difficult moral and conceptual issues at stake.

Segments include:

Sports, Values, and the American Dream
- Traditional values in American Society
- Traditional values in sport
- Reinforcement in American values through sport
- Cultural values and specific sports
- The American value structure: Whose culture is it?
- Disillusionment in American sport
Social Issues
- Drug use in sports
- Violence and aggression in sports
- Violence against officials
- Violence/aggression in selected sports
- Spectator violence
- Cheating in sports
Ethics in Coaching
- Ethical behavior in sport
- Professional ethics
- Code of ethics
- Bill of teacher rights