Critical Thinking & Ethical Decision Making
Legal Aspects of Sport
Congressional Influence in the Sport Industry
Strategic Management
Potpourri
100
These are the four (4) parts of the Ethical Reasoning Model (also known as Ethical Decision Making Model).
What are: 1. Description 2. Analysis 3. Vision/Goal 4. Strategies/Means
100
This is a part of tort law that deals with unintentional conduct that falls below a standard established by the law for the protection of others against unreasonable risk of harm.
What is Negligence Law?
100
This landmark act of congress provided an antitrust exemption whereby professional sports leagues were allowed to pool their broadcasting rights.
What is the Sports Broadcasting Act of 1961?
100
This is a diagram that shows the structure of an organization and the relationships, relative ranks of its parts and positions/jobs.
What is an organization chart (or "org chart")?
100
This strategic planning tool is used to evaluate the internal and external situations of an organization.
What is a SWOT analysis?
200
"All men are mortal. Joe is a man. Therefore, Joe is mortal." is an example of what kind of reasoning?
What is DEDUCTIVE reasoning.
200
These are common liability issues regarding participatory activities.
What are: Lack of supervision (quality and quantity), Improper instruction or training, Unsafe use of equipment, Emergency medical care, Transportation
200
The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act includes provisions for THIS, excluding it from the definition of “illegal internet gambling.”
What is fantasy sports?
200
Missioncasting, planning, staffing, goal-setting, assessing, controlling, spurring innovation, optimizing productivity, and integrating the organization's goals and operations are all functions of THIS.
What is management?
200
Black River Entertainment, The Buffalo Bills, the Buffalo Sabres, IMPACT, and HarborCenter are a few of the entities that combine to make up this organization.
What is Pegula Sports and Entertainment (PSE)?
300
These are factors that may contribute to lack of moral courage.
What are discomfort, futility, socialization, the bystander effect and personal cost?
300
Agreement, consideration, capacity and legality are the four (4) aspects required to form this.
What is a contract?
300
This professional sport's league office is tax exempt indefinitely due to the provisions in a tax bill that passed in 1966.
What is the NFL (National Football League)?
300
This item should succinctly and articulately express the organization's core values and beliefs.
What is a mission statement?
300
Committees with an array of individuals representing different internal and external departments and populations come together to develop this document.
What is a strategic planning document?
400
David Hume is the 16th Century philosopher best known for proclaiming the moral theory known as this.
What is Consequentialism?
400
This is the underlying document of the U.S. government which sets forth limits on governmental power.
What is the Constitution?
400
After hearings held by the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittees, bills were introduced by Congress to bar the "National Championship" until THIS was in place.
What is a college football playoff system?
400
Analyzing the environment, setting objectives, deciding on specific actions and timelines, and providing feedback and evaluation of results are all parts this.
What is planning (or, strategic planning)?
400
These are known as individual human values.
What are ethics?
500
Rigidity is a problem associated with this central philosophical concept within the Deontological moral framework.
What is the Categorical Imperative?
500
Drug testing is an issue explored under this Amendment.
What is the Fourth (unreasonable search and seizure)?
500
Helping teams in small marketplaces, evenly distributing revenue among the teams, and overall league stability and financial growth are all benefits of the passage of this.
What is The Sports Broadcasting Act (SBA) of 1961.
500
These are the SIX steps of strategic planning.
What are: (1) Defining the department’s PURPOSE or reason for being; (2) ANALYZING the environment, assessing strengths and weaknesses, and making assumptions; (3) Prescribing written, specific and measurable OBJECTIVES that contribute to the organization’s purpose, (4) Developing STRATEGIES for how to use available resources to meet objectives; (5) Developing operational PLANS to meet objectives, including plans for all organizational members; (6) Setting up control and EVALUATIONS procedures to determine if performance is keeping place with attainment of objectives consistent with the organization’s mission.
500
This ethical framework focuses on motives, obligations, or duties that lead to an action.
What is deontology?
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