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Ethics of Sports Professionals and Sports Ethics

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Course Unit Code115-3008/04
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated5 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Third Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites Course succeeds to compulsory courses of previous semester
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
DUR45doc. RNDr. Irena Durdová, Ph.D.
KLI0213doc. PhDr. ThDr. Lucjan Klimsza, PhD.
Summary
The subject Professional Ethics and Sports Ethics draws attention to the fundamental ethical principles and ethical codes related to the performance of the profession of a sports manager. The subject is supposed to deepen students’ knowledge of managerial ethics, analyse negative factors, phenomena of contemporary sports environment. The subject is intended to guide students to discuss the possibility of eliminating negative phenomena from sport, their own considerations leading to awareness of the dangers of doping, corruption, racism, commercialization and other phenomena for today’s sport, to outline a concept that would lead to the return of the basic idea of competing in sport according to the fair play principles.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
1. To improve student knowledge of managerial ethics.
2. To acquaint students with the Code of Sports Ethics and the European Sports Charter.
3. To analyze the negative factors, phenomena and problems of the current sporting environment.
4. To categorize the ethical behavior of a sports manager.
Course Contents
1. Ethics, ethical categories and terms
2. The history of sports ethics, development and present-day situation in the Czech Republic and EU countries
3. Ethics in sport, sport ethic codices in the Czech Republic and in Europe
4. Negative factors and problems of the present-day sports environment, sport manager's possibilities of solving them
5. The approach of managers, sports clubs, organizations and institutions to the problems of sports ethics, the summary of tools
6. Ethical decision-making process in the sports environment
7. Ethical behaviour, ethical codices and sports
8. Education in ethical behaviour, ethical behaviour from the sport manager's point of view
9. Ethical behaviour within a sports club, organization, interpersonal relations
10. Ethical behaviour of sportsmen towards the outside world
11. The biggest problems of sports ethics, etiquette
12. Ethical approach to handicapped sportsmen
13. Managerial ethics in solving some current problems, e.g. breaking the rules in fair-play, racism, corruption and other negative phenomena in sport
14. Doping in sport, examples of abusing supporting drugs, fighting against doping, proposals of solutions.
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
HEIL, John. Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy) 4th ed. London: Taylor and Francis, 2019. 264 s. ISBN: 9781138581012.
LILLEKER, Darren et al. Political Communication and COVID-19: Governance and Rhetoric in Times of Crisis. London and New York: Routledge, 2021. 372 s. ISBN 978-0-367-63679-1.
TAYLOR, Stephen. Resourcing and talent management. 7th ed. London: Kogan Page, 2019. 493 s. ISBN 978-0-7494-8385-2.
DURDOVÁ, Irena. Vybrané kapitoly z managementu a marketingu sportu. Ostrava: VŠB-TUO, 2019. 98 s. ISBN 978-80-248-4165-6.
SEKOT Aleš a Irena DURDOVÁ. COVID-19 versus Physical Activity in the Context of University Students .Studia sportiva, MUNI 2021, vol 15, no 2, s.27-37. ISSN 2570-8783 (On-line)
VEBER, Jaromír. Management: základy, přístupy, soudobé trendy. Praha: Ekopress, 2021. ISBN 978-80-87865-69-9.
Recommended Reading:
COLLINS, Denis. Business Ethics. Best Practices for Designing and Managing Ethical Organizations. Los Angeles: SAGE, 2019. 608 s. ISBN 978-1-5063-8805-2.
GRIFFIN, R. W., PHILLIPS, J. M. a S. M. GULLY. Organizational Behavior: Managing People and Organizations. 12th ed. Boston: Cengage, 2021. 608 s. ISBN 9781305501393.
LUSSIER, Robert N. Management Fundamentals. Concepts, Applications, and Skill Development. 8th ed. Los Angeles: Sage, 2019. ISBN 9781544331331.
JELÍNEK, Marián. Vnitřní svět vítězů. Praha: Grada, 2019. 208 s. ISBN 978-80-271-0826-8.
KUNZ, Vilém. Společenská odpovědnost ve sportu. Praha: Grada, 2020. 200 s. ISBN 978-80-271-1209-8.
NOVOTNÁ, Hedvika. Metody výzkumu ve společenských vědách. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, 2020. 496 s. ISBN 978-80-757-1025-3.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Credit and ExaminationCredit and Examination100 (100)51
        CreditCredit35 18
        ExaminationExamination65 33