Sports Integrity Management Course

Are you looking to advance your career in sports management?

This Sports Integrity Management course will provide you with practical skills and knowledge to assist you in managing your sport’s integrity programs and mitigate the risks from external and internal threats. The increased focus on integrity in sport over the past decade has resulted in the need for sporting organisations at all levels to take on increased responsibilities and to figure out how to best manage integrity threats in their sports.

Developed by an independent sports integrity expert, this course has been designed to offer sporting organisations a broader knowledge base and a range of practical skills allowing participants from the board level down to more confidently navigate through the integrity issues and frameworks that the government agencies want you to focus on, as well as the broader issues impacting the integrity of your sport and your stakeholders. 

Course information

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Course content

This Sports Integrity Management course will cover the following content:

Sports Integrity

• Sources of integrity
• Ethical decision making
• Foundational basis for sports integrity
• How a sport sets its values

Integrity Frameworks & Processes

• Sports Integrity Australia (SIA) & the National Integrity Framework (NIF)
• The role of the ASC
• Global perspectives & alternatives
• How frameworks are applied

The Athlete & Integrity

• Anti-doping / clean sport
• Illicit drugs & medicines
• Violence
• Behavioural misconduct

The Organisation & Integrity

• Member protection
• Child safeguarding
• Competition manipulation (match-fixing) & corruption
• Concussion
• Human rights
• Trans rights
• Climate change

Managing Complaints & Breaches

• Compliant assessment & handling
• Allegations of a breach
• Running an investigation – internally
• Managing an external independent investigation
• Report writing

Ensuring Fair Outcomes

• Reviewing investigation reports
• Substantiating alleged breaches
• The dispute resolution process
• Finalising the complaint / breach

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this sports management integrity course you will:

• understand why integrity is critical to sport and why it receives so much focus and funding
• know what your sport needs to do to comply with government requirements and legislation
• gain a deeper insight into the exposure of and pressures faced by the participants and member organisations in your sport
• learn how your sporting organisation may be exposed to external threats
• manage complaints and alleged breaches in a more effective and efficient manner
• conduct and advise on dispute resolution processes that protect your sport while ensuring fair outcomes for stakeholders involved
• leave the course with deeper knowledge and practical skills to enhance your performance in your role.

Intended audience

This sports management integrity course is designed for board members, leaders and integrity officers within sporting organisations but is also relevant for other personnel who are responsible for ensuring integrity and mitigating against risks associated with breaches, as well as for related stakeholders. 

About the presenter

Mathew Jessep is a commercial and corporate lawyer and business consultant with specialist skills and experience across sport, media and business, acting for clients in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, North America, the UK, and Europe. 

Mat is experienced in commercial and corporate matters, including transactional, contractual, procurement, company secretarial, governance, integrity, branding, reputational, regulatory, and compliance matters. As a dedicated Sports lawyer and integrity expert, Mat has acted for National Sporting Organisations, State Sporting Organisations, sponsors, broadcasters, leagues and competitions, athletes, and major event operators. 

Mat teaches 'Sports Law' at the University of Technology Sydney and is a Senior Fellow at Melbourne Law School where he teaches 'Esports & the Law’. Mat previously designed and taught the 'Sport Integrity & Ethics' masters course at Victoria University.