Combating sports corruption: an analysis of international regulations

Lucha contra la corrupción deportiva: un análisis de las regulaciones internacionales

• Olha Bondarenko Sumy State University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2288-1393
• Maryna Utkina Sumy State University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3801-3742
• Oleg Reznik Sumy State University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4569-8863
• Petro Malanchuk Sumy National Agrarian University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4501-708X
• Vitalii Yurakh Central Ukrainian Volodymyr Vynnychenko State Pedagogical University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1705-389X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.4073.19

Keywords: sports corruption, criminal offences, counterattack to corruption, corporate culture, international conventions

Abstract

Today, sport is one of the most developed and highly profitable industries. According to various sources, the annual revenue of industry participants is estimated at at least $145 billion. The article analyzes the relevant international anti-corruption legal acts. We would like to emphasize that the adoption of these documents and the ratification of most of them is an important step in the fight against corruption in sport. At the same time, most of these international standards are aimed at combating corruption, that is, they offer active and punitive measures to combat it. Instead, the authors insist on the priority of preventive measures against corruption. The author’s classified approach to measures to combat corruption in sport is proposed. It is concluded that the first step should be to combat corruption in international sports organizations. The effectiveness of anti-corruption measures in this area depends mainly on the transparency of their activities. Another area of corruption in sport is determined to be grassroots corruption. The oldest form of corrupt sport is that which arises spontaneously during competitions between two participants or two teams.

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