The counter-corruption pressure group Transparency International has launched a Corruption in Sport Initiative. The campaigners say that it provides a space for new analysis, commentary and recommendations by voices in the field of sports governance to strengthen transparency, accountability and participation, and showcase the work of TI national chapters and the wider anti-corruption movement in tackling corruption in sport.
Visit the transparency.org blog for framing articles that set the scene for understanding corruption in sport. These include Jean-Loup Chappelet’s (Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration) contribution on the autonomy of sport and government oversight as “necessary bedfellows in the fight against corruption”, Roger Pielke’s (University of Colorado) introduction to understanding sports governance and Martin Müller’s (University of Zurich) introduction to the role of major events (usually built on mega-promises with mini-outcomes). Kevin Carpenter (Hill Dickinson LLP) asks why countries have taken so long to act on match-fixing, while Sylvia Schenk (TI Germany) then sets out how the anti-corruption movement can effectively lend its expertise to the traditionally inward-looking ‘sports family’ by mapping the experience of TI Germany as a leading TI chapter on sports corruption.
The Initiative is also supported by an Expert Advisory Panel. In an interview, Advisory Panel member and International Director of Play the Game Jens Sejer Andersen discusses how corruption in sport and sports governance became a hot topic.
