RACISM IN SPORTS

Ethical Dilemma Racism in sports advertisement: Hockey vs. Basketball

Ethical Dilemma Racism in sports advertisement: Hockey vs. Basketball

Introduction

The interest in ethics is certainly not new. Socrates was perhaps the first to approach this topic with vigour 2,500 years ago when he questioned whether the unexamined life was worth living. However, despite its longevity, the fundamental ethical question, What should I do?, is still left unanswered in a definitive way. While religious perspectives clearly state the fundamental nature and purpose of our intended behaviour as humans, the philosophical view tends to be a more complex shade of ethical grey. The perception of ethics in sport is equally ambiguous. The net that is cast by the term sport is immense. Depending upon the context, it is perceived to be a means to profit financially, a source of entertainment, a medium for fitness, an avenue for social interaction and intervention, a tool to promote patriotism, personal development or simply as the natural and impulsive act of play. Despite the many sub-sectors of sport that are diverse and often mutually exclusive, the common link with each is that sport is a vehicle toward something (e.g., profit, friends, health). Of the many outcomes that we perceive sport to foster, moral character is among the most important (Decima, 2002). This particular goal has come under considerable scrutiny in recent years as unethical conduct by athletes, coaches, and administrators have made worldwide headlines.

Purpose

The purpose of this report is to understand the current situation of racism within hockey and basketball sports advertisement, and look at what is begin done to help rid the game of it. With numerous governing bodies contained by sport, it is the key to understanding what the main bodies choose to do to help endorse the fight against racism. It appears as though it is evolving more and more of a human rights topic, as players tolerate the direct racism from not only fans but association administration teams.

Discussion

Malloy decision-making in sports environments The domain of sports offers an excellent opportunity for the study of decision-making, for a number of reasons. Within the topical scope of sports decision-making, there are a number of different decision agents (coaches, players, etc.), tasks (play-calling, ball allocation, etc.), and contexts (during play, during timeout, etc.). This provides the chance to examine a variety of interesting designs. Yet, each combination of the above factors produces a unique interaction of important elements that affect the way decisions are made.

Can we say, then, what features of sports decisions make their study practical? More importantly, can we identify the proper way to study this diverse assortment of decision situations? Although there is no ''standard'' type of decision in sports, there are some characteristics that seem general enough to abstract from this domain. Let us begin by identifying these features, then relating them to the method used to study decisions. The key feature of sports decisions is that they are naturalistic, meaning here that they are made by agents with some ...