Position statement on integrity in sport

The Department of Sport and Recreation (DSR) holds integrity in sport as the basis of sport's reputation for fair and ethical behaviour. DSR acknowledges that leadership from industry is critical to the maintenance of community confidence in the integrity in sport.

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‘Integrity in sport’ covers numerous ethical and moral issues confronting sport administrators, coaches, medical staff, players and officials. As community standards evolve on a range of issues, sport must constantly adapt, respond and, at times, lead ethical and moral responses to key issues including the:

• Continual evolution of community standards and willingness to redefine acceptable norms, e.g. racial vilification, harassment, child protection.
• Role of media in focussing on contentious issues, e.g. inappropriate behaviours.
• Development of new participation paradigms, e.g. inclusiveness.
• Commitment to universal codes of behaviour, e.g. anti-doping code.
• Prevalence of new and emerging moral and ethical issues in ‘professional’ sport, e.g. gambling.

Where would you like to go next?

• Alcohol and physical activity
• Child protection
• Coaching
• Companion card for people with a disability
• Drugs in sport
• Fare equalisation
• Funding national sport organisations for operations
• Governance
• Harassment-free sport
• Hosting national championships - national leagues
• Inclusivity (substantive equality)
• Indigenous participation
• Junior sport sponsorship from alcohol companies
• Mature-aged sport and recreation
• Mergers of like State Sporting Associations
• Officiating
• Photographing children
• Physical activity
• Sport/physical education in schools
• Sustainability
• Violence in sport
• Volunteers
• Water safety
• Working with Children Legislation