Investigating corruption in corporate sport

The IOC and Fifa

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ID2378049
AuthorsAndrew Jennings (0000-0001-6480-1307, Investigative journalist, UK, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume46
Issue4
Pages387-398
Publication date2011-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Review for the Sociology of Sport (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1012-6902 • E-ISSN: 1461-7218
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1012690211408845
OpenAlexW2087198562
LanguageEN
Citations received28

Global sport governing bodies proclaim lofty ideals and espouse generic principles that set high moral standards for themselves and others. None more so than two of the world's largest, most influential, and most high profile sporting organizations, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Behind the façades of principled rhetoric is often something quite different. Focusing on some of the most powerful figures who have walked the corridors of power in the IOC and FIFA, using the methods of investigative journalism, this article investigates the gap between principle and practice in corporate sport. It concludes by arguing that a lack of transparency and accountability in these global sport governing bodies goes hand in glove with a propensity for corruption. It further urges sports academics to take a much more critical approach to the task of researching and investigating power relations in world sport

Accountability · Football · Journalism · Language change · Political science · Public relations · Rhetoric · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of sport · Law · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Sports Analytics and Performance · Sports, Gender, and Society

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