EHR328 Ethics in Sport (8)

Abstract

While sport can have enormous benefits to both the practitioner and the community, such as creating unity and promoting positive social values, there are also practices within sport which can be considered to be highly questionable, even unethical. This subject explores the ethical dimensions of a practitioner’s role within sport, by developing the student's awareness and appreciation of such issues. This subject will develop the student’s ability to critically analyse many issues, practices and relationships within the sport profession, such as performance enhancing drugs and the ethical use and misuse of technology. The aim of this subject is to promote an ethical understanding of the practices of sport and the student’s functioning within those roles. Through successful completion of the subject, the student will have the ability to question their own morals, integrity and suppositions as future Exercise Science professionals.

+ Subject Availability Modes and Location

Session 2
On Campus	Bathurst Campus

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Subject information

Duration	Grading System	School:
One session	HD/FL	School of Exercise Science, Sport and Health

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

· Demonstrate an awareness of the nature and significance of both modern and post-modern ethical inquiry in sport;

· Question their own cultural values and assumptions in regards to issues such as gender, sexuality and equality (through ethical enquiry);

· Critically examine arguments/problems arising out of module/reading materials;

· Critically examine the ethical implications of professional practice in the field of Exercise Science;

· Critically explore the ethical theories as they pertain to sport, exercise, competition and performance;

· Demonstrate an awareness of the significant relationship between the individual, the social practice and the institution of sport;

· Interrogate the current sporting discourse and practice to identify the global issues in sport and the role of the media.

Syllabus

The subject will cover the following topics:

· The nature of ethical enquiry – looking at the relationships between ethics, power and knowledge (modern and post-modern approaches);

· The relationship between the individual, the social practice and the institution of sport;

· Ethical theories as they pertain to sport (such as normative and deontological ethics) ;

· Practice based ethics as they apply to the Exercise Scientist and Exercise Science research (such as ethics applications, minimising risks, consent forms and confidentiality);

· Concepts of fair play and equality in sport;

· Global issues and the role of the media in sport;

· Cultural values and assumptions in regards to issues such as gender, sexuality and equality;

· The ethical considerations of performance enhancing drugs; and

· The ethical use and misuse of technology in sport.

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