ROMANIAN SPORT INTEGRITY PROBLEMS AND WHISTLEBLOWING IN 2017-2018 Cover Image

ROMANIAN SPORT INTEGRITY PROBLEMS AND WHISTLEBLOWING IN 2017-2018
ROMANIAN SPORT INTEGRITY PROBLEMS AND WHISTLEBLOWING IN 2017-2018

Author(s): Pompiliu-Nicolae Constantin
Subject(s): Sports Studies
Published by: Research and Science Today
Keywords: SPORT INTEGRITY; WHISTLEBLOWING; ROMANIAN SPORT; CORRUPTION IN SPORT;

Summary/Abstract: ROMANIAN SPORT RECORDED MANY CASES OF WHISTLEBLOWING IN 2017 AND 2018; WHICH HAVE TRANSPIRED ESPECIALLY IN THE MEDIA. SOCIETY HAS OFTEN RECEIVED TESTIMONIES ABOUT ABUSES; DOPING OR FIXED MATCHES AND THIS ASPECT SHOWED THE PROBLEMS OF THE SPORT SYSTEM. THE IMPACT OF WHISTLEBLOWING THAT WAS VISIBLE DURING THESE TWO YEARS DISPLAYS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PROCESS OF REPORTING IRREGULARITIES AND THE PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OF THE PEOPLE FROM SPORT. THE ETHICALISSUES ARE DEBATED THROUGH THE REPORTING OF ILLEGAL WRONGDOINGS. WHISTLEBLOWING BECAME MORE ACCEPTED IN THE ROMANIAN SOCIETY BECAUSE LEGAL STATUTES ARE STIPULATED. THE CASES OF WHISTLEBLOWING ARE A GOOD INDICATOR FOR THE LEVEL OF INTEGRITY IN ROMANIAN SPORT AND IT HELPS TO UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES OF THE PHENOMENON. THIS STUDY GATHERS THE MOST IMPORTANT CASES OF WHISTLEBLOWING FROM THE PERIOD 2017-2018 AND EXPAINS THEIR CONTEXT; THEIR RELEVANCE AND CONSEQUENCES.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 133-142
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English