March 21, 2022

Sports Gambling – More Trouble Ahead?

On May 14, 2018 the U.S. Supreme Court issued a highly anticipated ruling that struck down the federal ban on state authorization of sports betting.  This […]
January 10, 2022

Sports – Moving Towards Better Compliance and Ethics

As we find ourselves at the beginning of another year, it is a good time to take stock of the progress sports organizations located around the […]
November 2, 2021

Netflix Series “Bad Sport“ Highlights Corruption in Sports Worldwide

“Bad Sport,” a new true-crime series on Netflix, examines some of the biggest controversies and scandals in the history of sport.  True crime and sports intersect […]
September 7, 2017

Another Morality Tale for Compliance Officers

Jack Ewing’s recently published book titled Faster, Higher, Farther: The Volkswagen Scandal chronicles the decline and fall of Volkswagen, once the largest automaker in the world and now […]
August 29, 2017

U.S. Olympic Committee Forms Center for SafeSport

On the heels of a sexual abuse scandal at USA Gymnastics, there appears to be another brewing in the world of taekwondo.  Brothers and fellow Olympians, […]
June 30, 2017

Tougher Penalties for Non-Compliance in Sports

In early June, three former Penn State University administrators were sentenced to prison terms in connection with the Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal. For the former […]
June 30, 2017

Officiating Group Adopts Standards for Effective Integrity Programs

As the sports officiating industry matures, it is becoming apparent to officiating leaders that their industry needs to develop and implement effective integrity programs. At its […]
February 7, 2017

Cardinals Pay the Price for Non-Compliance

Earlier last year the Compliance and Ethics Blog posted a piece I’d written entitled, “Yet Another Scandal in Sports.” This piece reported on Chris Correa, a […]