Since sports play a significant role in the lives of millions of people throughout the world, sports are significant forms of social activities and they raise a wide range of issues. Some issues are factual and some are explanatory. For example, a sociologist may be concerned with whether or not sports affect particular aspects of society while psychologists may be concerned with personality features which contribute to an individual's success or failure in sport. There are issues in sports that are conceptual and ethical in nature. Conceptual questions ask how we understand the concepts and ideas that apply to the world of sports.
Ethical questions raise moral concerns.
Most of the factual and ethical issues relating to sports are also management challenges. These challenges currently confront administrators, coaches and sports organizations. By addressing sports issues in their social and moral context, we develop case scenarios of special importance in sports management and sports ethics. The complex world in which sports management occurs today requires managers to acquire knowledge of ethics, law, science, government, journalism, medicine and several others. This courseware provides tools to examine management and ethical issues, including, but not limited to, Title IX, gender equity, racism, sexism, cheating, violence, and drug use.