Coubertin Olympic Awards Student Essay Competition: Ethics, Business and Sport

Date: 30-March-2010 

The 2010 Coubertin Student Essay Competition encourages teams of two to four students to collaborate on work to explore themes involving ethics, business and sport.

The objectives of the competition are:

  • to promote the application of the Olympic ideals and vision to the world of business, including the business of sport itself
  • to raise awareness of and promote understanding of ethical issues and challenges in sports and the business of sport
  • to encourage an exploration of how the principles of sportsmanship might be relevant to, applied to and of benefit
  • to the competitive business environment
  • to consider how good practice and academic learning in the field of business ethics can best be applied to the sports industry
  • to encourage students and academics to explore these themes through research
  • to encourage teamwork amongst students
  • to promote the sharing of knowledge, expertise and good practice in these areas

Suggested themes include:

  • Social responsibility:
    How can businesses learn from sport to fight against discrimination, exclusion and inequality?
  • Environmental impact:
    Save Today, Save Tomorrow: Explore the related issues for businesses in following the Olympic footprint 'towards a one planet 2012’
  • Reaching the global audience:
    Celebrating diversity and bridging communities: Can businesses enhance cross-cultural communication following the Olympic example?
  • Code of conduct:
    Should all students, like sportsmen, be made to take oaths to act ethically throughout their careers? How should this be enforced?

The competition has a first prize of £2000 for the winning student group and a second prize of £1000 for the runner up student group.

The deadline for entry is 30th June 2010.

For more information Visit the Competition Website.

 

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