THE BLOODGATE AFFAIR - A CASE OF ETHICS, MORAL ETHOS AND MORAL BEHAVIOUR - HARLEQUINS RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION CLUB

摘要

The case enables exploration of unethical behaviour in the work place, and consequences associated with initial cover up, denial, conspiracy to conceal, formal judicial process, punishment, admission and remorse. Specifically, it examines cheating on the sports field, the breaching of sport-specific competition rules, and matters of procedural, retributive and distributive justice arising from matrix-like governance structures. As such, the case can be used to explore the interface of sport, ethics and governance in a context of organizational moral ethos, reputational damage and crisis. It uses multiple frameworks attributed to Freeman [15], Mitchell et al., [23], Kohlberg [20], Badaracco [2], and Snell [27] to examine stakeholder-related issues of governance and ethics.