Use Specific Decision Making Peds In Sports

Instructions: Sports
management professionals at all levels face tough decisions on a
regular, and often daily basis. Consistency is a critical component for
all successful managers and leaders, especially when dealing with
problem solving. If different decisions are made for similar situations
it can create an even bigger problem as employees, coaches, players,
and/or clientele will be looking for an explanation and justification.
If these things cannot be provided the conclusion is often that
favoritism was involved.

To
avoid such situations managers are often taught to use specific
decision making models. Attached is a presentation about a six-step
decision-making model. Read the attached information and use it and the
information you have learned through your Ethical Lens Inventory to
analyze the following situation:

You
are going out to dinner with friends when you see three
student-athletes from your school talking with someone who has been
known to distribute PEDs. Before you can call out to the
student-athletes you see each of them give this person money and receive
a bag of some sort. You cannot tell what’s inside the bags, and
everyone disperses before you have a chance to do or say anything. You
don’t think the student-athletes saw you so you head into the
restaurant.

Based
on your current or chosen career path, you are employed at the school
as one of the following: athletic trainer, sports information director,
head coach, strength and conditioning coach, compliance director, or
athletic director. The first paragraph of your response should describe
your position at the school, and the size, and level (collegiate, high
school, etc.) of the school. Be creative when naming the institution, and people involved! 🙂

Use
the decision-making model outlined in the attachment, along with the
knowledge you’ve gained through the Ethical Lens Inventory, to provide
an analysis and summation of the situation. You need to provide at lest
five objectives and criteria (step two) and five alternatives (step
three). What you present should be broken down into the six steps as
defined as opposed to presenting it in a narrative format. Be sure to
clearly present your preferred decision and how you plan to implement
that decision.

Since
this is an assignment, you need to include an APA formatted title page
and if you use any references, be sure to include a reference page.