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How can whistleblowing help mitigate risk in sports governance?

Useful tools to help you get to grips with risk and control

Front and centre of the governance of all organisations, above all other aims, must be the welfare of those who come into contact with them: participants, athletes, coaches, customers, officials and employees/volunteers.

The board sets the values that are to be lived by the organisation and maintains oversight to ensure they are being adhered to.

Integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.

There are a number of reasons for effective stakeholder engagement, including regulatory requirements, a moral or ethical imperative as well as strong financial or business reasons.

The range of stakeholders will vary from organisation to organisation depending on size, complexity, activities and other factors. Understanding who their stakeholders are is an important step for sports bodies to plan for and execute effective engagement with them.

The different types of ethics that individuals and organisations can exhibit in sport and how these impact on governance.

Ethics and culture has significant implications for our understanding of, and approach to, behaviour both in the boardroom and throughout an organisation.

Useful links to help you set the values of the organisation and ensure that they are effectively communicated and embedded in all aspects of its operations to inform and guide organisational culture.