This qualitative study explores how an athletic code of conduct shaped the moral courage of
student athletes in a Midwestern University. This study examined how eight student athletes …

Purpose: This article was adapted from an unpublished essay previously submitted by the
author as a course requirement for SAB 634: Ethics in Sports at the United States Sports …

Through sports athletes are thought to build admirable character traits such as discipline,
hard work, sportsmanship, and teamwork. Additionally, there are moral character traits like …

This study investigated the moral foundations of intercollegiate student-athletes in relation to
their athletic identity, specifically with respect to student-development in college. Research …

What is loyalty and why is it problematic in athletics? The author discusses the ethical lapses
that can occur when a powerful social value, loyalty, trumps individuals' ability to make moral …

Prior literature related to moral issues in sports have focused primarily on the moral pitfalls
associated with collegiate athletes and teams (Butcher & Schneider, 1998; Fraleigh, 2003; …

This study examines moral exemplar coaches to better understand how they are able to
maintain integrity in the high-stakes environment of NCAA Division-I college sport. In-depth …

Some sport scholars have posited that sport provides a unique medium for developing moral
character (eg, Arnold, 1994; Shields & Bredemeier, 1995). This belief is maintained on the …

The current study looked at the perceptions student-athletes held of the impact of their
coaches in regards to moral and character development. Through a qualitative systematic …

Moral Foundation Theory provides a framework of understanding the underlying foundations
of moral reasoning. More specifically, it is made up of five foundations that are 'intuitive …