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Journal article
Cricket Australia’s Code of Conduct and the need for a ‘clear family resemblance’ in purpose, values, and principles
International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, Vol.17(1), pp.101-116
2025
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Abstract
This article examines Cricket Australia’s (CA) Code of Conduct and draws theoretical connections to Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). In so doing, the article considers the nature and scope of CA’s Code of Conduct, and challenges for the effective implementation of the code. The purpose of a Code of Conduct is to set out expectations for behaviour and disciplinary processes for failure to adhere to these standards. However, while public image and popularity remain central objectives of the Code, there is ambiguity and conflict between these objectives and the third objective: integrity, an ethical value that underpins codes of conduct. Our recommendation to remove public image and popularity from the purpose of the Code of Conduct is consistent with The Ethics Centre 2018 Report that recommended a ‘core consistency (a clear ‘family resemblance’) between How We Play, the Spirit of Cricket, and any additional Ethical Framework applying to elite players’. We suggest that ‘core consistency’ starts with a clear and consistent purpose in the Code of Conduct, one that is not clouded by public image and popularity, and one that is focused on the ethical values of integrity, transparency, and accountability.
Details
- Title
- Cricket Australia’s Code of Conduct and the need for a ‘clear family resemblance’ in purpose, values, and principles
- Authors
- Simone Pearce (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyJay Sanderson (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Law and SocietyDavid Fleischman (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative IndustriesCraig Cameron (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative IndustriesPeter English (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Business and Creative Industries
- Publication details
- International Journal of Sport Policy and Politics, Vol.17(1), pp.101-116
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Date published
- 2025
- DOI
- 10.1080/19406940.2024.2404213
- ISSN
- 1940-6959; 1940-6940
- Copyright note
- © 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Business and Creative Industries
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991062198602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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