Ethical leadership in sport : what's your ENDgame?

160 Pages·2014·1.195 MB·English

by  Grange, Pippa

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Ethical Leadership
in Sport

Ethical Leadership
in Sport
What’s Your ENDgame?
Pippa Grange
Ethical Leadership in Sport: What’s Your ENDgame?
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Abstract
Ethical Leadership in Sport: What’s Your ENDgame? is a practical guide on
how to navigate the complexities of ethical leadership in sport, recogniz-
ing the increasing pressure placed on individuals and organizations in
sport to ruthlessly compete to win, and at the same time to be exemplary
social role models. Most leaders know right from wrong, but giving voice
to your values isn’t always straightforward. This book explores how to
approach the ethical decisions, dilemmas, and value-based conflicts that
emerge for leaders in sports organizations in order to make good choices,
drive a sound culture, and reduce the risk of going awry.
The approach is twofold: Coaching for the leader on how to make and
act on an ethical decision when faced with a dilemma; and an exploration
of those deep personal values and beliefs about self and sport that inform
how the leader thinks and acts. The book considers ethics in the con-
text of modern sport and highlights the classic ethical traps and cultural
slippery slopes to avoid using case studies and examples.
Ethical Leadership in Sport: What’s Your ENDgame?: An ally in know-
ing how to become and stay a leader whose integrity can be trusted.
Keywords
ethical leadership, ENDgame, culture, sport, organizations, winning,
social responsibility, role models, ethical decisions, dilemmas, value-based
conflicts, leadership coaching, values, beliefs, ethical content, e thical traps,
integrity

Contents
Introduction ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������xi
Chapter 1 State of Play .......................................................................1
Chapter 2 “Doing” Ethics ................................................................19
Chapter 3 Applying the Big Ideas .....................................................41
Chapter 4 What You Might See at the Top of the “Slippery Slope” ...63
Chapter 5 A Case Study ...................................................................81
Chapter 6 Making It Stick ................................................................97
Chapter 7 Your Role As an Ethical Leader ......................................107
Appendix �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������119
Notes �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������129
References ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������131
Index ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������135