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Etyczne problemy w działalności spółek kapitałowych w sporcie kwalifikowanym
Ethical Problems in Business Activities of Companies in the Field of Competitive Sport

Author(s): Zbigniew Pawlak, Andrzej Smoleń
Subject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: professional ethics; companies in sports; rights and duties of company employees (contestants and coaches); company marketing strategies

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on some ethical issues of companies operating in the field of competitive sports including in particular: limited liability vis-à-vis creditors of the companies that discontinued their activities, but were not subject to liquidation, nor bankruptcy petition has been filed; hampered recognisability of individual companies due to frequent changing of their names and names of teams participating in the tournaments; legal and financial status, rights and duties of contestants of these companies are underdefined; company identity is violated due to the pursuing of merger and acquisition strategy. It was decided that the above issues exemplify broader problems between labour and capital in the contemporary enterprise. Addressing of the above issues is a tough and complicated process, and sometimes simply impossible in the situation where sports have been recognised as equal sphere of business activities and where basic rules of market economy are respected also with reference to this sphere of life.

  • Issue Year: 14/2011
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 109-118
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Polish
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