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Ethics Audits and Corporate Governance: The Case of Public Sector Sports Organizations

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  • Michael McNamee
  • Scott Fleming

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This article presents a theorized and conceptually informed method for the undertaking of an ethics audit organization. At an operational level, the overall integrity of an organization, it is argued, may be evaluated through the application of a conceptual framework that embraces the inter-related themes of individual responsibility, social equity and political responsibility. Finally, a method is presented for ethics audit which was developed in the auditing of a national public sector sports organization: sportscotland. This emphasizes the significance of key personnel (individuals and in groups) in producing and reproducing the organizational ethos, whilst recognizing the importance of anonymity and confidentiality throughout the process. The theoretical terrain of the ethics audit is articulated through a consideration of ethics as applied moral philosophy, equity as social justice and corporate governance as the moral health (or otherwise) of a public sector sports organization. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media, Inc. 2007

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  • Michael McNamee & Scott Fleming, 2007. "Ethics Audits and Corporate Governance: The Case of Public Sector Sports Organizations," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 73(4), pages 425-437, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jbuset:v:73:y:2007:i:4:p:425-437
    DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9216-0
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