April 5, 2018

When Sweeping Things Under the Rug No Longer Works

Nearly five years ago, I recall a conversation I had with Adam Turtletaub, Vice President of Strategic Initiatives & International Programs at SCCE, when he told […]
January 15, 2018

New Hotline for Reporting Compliance Problems in Sports

Although the sports industry has been rocked and roiled by one scandal after another, the typical response of a team or a league or a sports […]
December 18, 2017

Braves Pay Dearly for Compliance Failures

The New York Times, USA Today, and other news outlets recently reported on the latest scandal in Major League Baseball (MLB), this one involving the Atlanta […]
April 25, 2017

Steps to a Compliance Program for Sports Organizations

In one of the recent developments in the sex-abuse scandal involving USA Gymnastics, two star gymnasts testified in March before the Senate Judiciary Committee and outlined […]
January 24, 2017

Towards an Integrity & Compliance Program for Sports Organizations

Allegations of sexual abuse by young gymnasts in the USA and soccer players in the UK may well prove to be the turning point that push […]
January 11, 2017

Global Alliance Seeks to Promote Integrity in Sports

Sports leaders who’ve convinced themselves their particular sport or sports organization is too distinctive to entertain working with others to develop a common code of conduct, […]
January 11, 2017

Hotline – Best Practices

Over twenty years ago, former inspector general of Health and Human Services Richard Kusserow and his daughter Carrie Kusserow were operating the third largest hotline service […]
December 2, 2016

A Way Forward for USA Gymnastics

USA Gymnastics, which has been criticized for not promptly reporting suspected sexual abuse, has appointed Deborah J. Daniels, a former federal prosecutor and currently managing partner […]
October 12, 2016

Developing an Effective Integrity Program

Developing An Effective Integrity Program WHAT AN INTEGRITY PROGRAM WILL DO FOR SPORTS Scandals have become as much a part of sports as players, officials, and […]
August 29, 2016

Compliance Programs would help USA Olympics Teams

USA Swimming CEO Chuck Wielgus says U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte and his three teammates face disciplinary action at home for their fabrications about being robbed at gunpoint in […]
June 20, 2016

An Avertable Embarrassment

Tennis celebrity Maria Sharapova is enduring ridicule and scorn over her claims she was unaware the drug she was taking for health reasons is on the […]
May 9, 2016

Shadows, again, over America’s pastime

Late last week, baseball player Dee Gordon of the Miami Marlins was suspended for 80 games after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.  A week earlier, Major […]