Sport Ethics Test 1

Why study sports ethics?

• good deal of scholarship has been produced on the subject

• there are practical reasons

• it gives an advantage to the SMP

• All

• None

Parenting Tests:

• forces us to confront the possibility that our choice will be publicized to the world and will become a factor in how we are judged.

• Asks what would you do if you knew your kid was looking over your shoulder?

• Asks us to treat others the way you would like to be treated.

• All

Virtue ethics asks:

• What actions are correct?

• What kind of person should I be?

• What should I do based on the situation?

• All

• None

A theory is:

• a coherent group of tested general propositions, commonly regarded as correct, that can be used as principles of explanation and prediction for a class of phenomena.

• a philosophically coherent set of propositions (for example, utilitarianism) which attempts to provide general norms for the guidance and evaluation of moral conduct.

• believes that the rightness of the action is determined solely by the amount of good consequences they produce.

• All

• None

Rights and Justice balances the act between the employees’ rights.

• True

• False

Kantian Ethics is defined as:

• “An action is right if an only if it produces the greatest balance of pleasure over pain for everyone.”

• “there are some things we ought to do and others we ought not to do by virtue of being rational.”

• “Act so that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or that of another, always as an end and never as a means only.”

• Concerned with righting a wrong.

Which of the following reflect(s) key sports ethics topics and issues?

• Inclusive facilities and equipment

• Employment and hiring practices

• Salary caps

• Inclusive facilities and equipment AND Employment and hiring practices

An ethical dilemma occurs when it is unclear as to which course of action to take or when reasonable people disagree on what should or should not happen.

• True

• False

Documents that outline a sport organization’s basic values and beliefs are known as which of the following?

• Strategic plans

• Mission statements

• Codes of ethics

• Constitutions

Whether making decisions about ethical dilemmas or making decisions about other business issues, what are some common concerns?

• Identifying the right problem

• Using an organized decision making model

• Gathering pertinent information and then making the best decision based on that information

• All

• None