This document discusses issues related to whistleblowing in sports organizations. It outlines problems such as integrity, transparency, governance issues, and doping that whistleblowers help expose. It describes the effects on athletes, championships, and reputation. It discusses the risks whistleblowers face from retaliation and the need to improve protections. It proposes a proactive whistleblowing service that would anonymously and securely collect reports and share them with authorities. The service aims to recognize problems, resist corruption through education, and enable responsible reporting to uphold integrity in sport.

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Nikolaos Constantin Theodorou M.Sc / M.B.A

2. CONTENTS
1 The Issue
2 The Problems
3 The Effects
4 The Discussion
5 The Forces
6 The Reactions
7 The Risks
8 The Questions
9 The Proactivity

3. DEFINITION
Sport Whistleblower is considered, any
person
who informs confidentially a sport
organization in good faith on a person
engaged in,
an illicit activity, related with the damage of
a sport organizations ’s
INTEGRITY, TRANSPARENCY, ETHICS,
and/or, breach of sport organizations ’s
fair play code, code of conduct, code of
ethics

4. THE ISSUE

5. THE ISSUE
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Shut up your mouth – don’t talk about it – it’s not you job – close your eyes –
freeze it

6. THE SOUND OF SILENCE

7. THE PROBLEM
Internal problems inside sport ORGs
INTEGRITY & TRANSPARENCY
BAD GOVERNANCE – POWER GAMES
FRAUD BRIBERY FISCAL CORRUPTION
COLFLICT OF INTERESTS
PARTNERSHIPS – SPONSORSHIP
CONTRACTS
BIDDING OF MEGA SPORT EVENTS
BLACKMARKETS - LAUNDERING
External problems outside sport ORGs
FAIRPLAY – SPORTSMANSHIP
MATCH – FIXING
ILLEGAL SPORT BETTING
SPORT GAMBLING ADDICTION
SYSTEMATIC DOPING
BULLING HARASSMENT VIOLENCE

8. THE EFFECT …. TO THE CORE APEX

9. THE EFFECT …. TO THE POCKETS… FLY AWAY

10. ANONYMOUS WHISTLEBLOWER gave access to the results of 12,000 blood tests
from 5,000 athletes.
The IAAF leaked files show a 1/3 one in third of all medals in endurance events (146,
including 55 golds) at Olympics and World Championships were won by athletes
who recorded suspicious tests, according to independent WADA experts who
have analyzed the data.
More than 800 athletes – 1/7 one in seven of those named in the leaked files -
recorded blood tests described by one of the experts as "highly suggestive of
doping” or at the very least abnormal"
HEADLINES = 28 JULY 2015
THE SUNDAY TIMES - GERMAN TV ARD/WDR

11. The IAAF blood-test data, covering the
period between 2001 and 2012………,
……was leaked
by a
whistle-blower……
….to German broadcaster ARD/WDR
& the Sunday Times.
HEADLINES = 28 JULY 2015 WHISTLE-BLOWER

12. THE EFFECT …. TO THE TOP

13. THE EFFECT TO THE SPORT CHAMPIONS

14. THE EFFECT TO THE SPORTS COMMUNITY & FANS
nothing to see here

15. THE EFFECT TO THE MEDIA

16. THE EFFECT TO SPORT FAIR PLAY & OLYMPIC ETHICS

17. THE POWER & PRESSURE OF EXTERNAL FORCES
THE RIGHT TO
EXPRESS
SOCIAL ROLES
THOUGHTS &
OPINIONS
ACTIVISM
LEAKS
NEW
FREE
MEDIA
EU STATES
against the
Sport Orgs
AUTONOMY
SOCIETY
OF
ETHICAL
CITIZENS
LAW &
JUSTICE

18. THE DISCUSSION
TRUE HONEST
RESPONSIBLE
Meaningful whistleblowing
fake, malicious or vexatious
allegations, irresponsible
chargers

19. THE DISCUSSION
Research among more than 2,500 middle
and senior managers worldwide "shows,
that
“companies have to improve their
structures for internal whistleblowers. “
2014 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Study,
” Fair game or foul play – tackling the rising tide of global whistleblowing“ "

20. THE DISCUSSION
Research among more than 2,500 middle
and senior managers worldwide "shows,
that
“companies have to improve their
structures for internal whistleblowers. “
Similar, according the 2014 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Study,” Fair game or foul play –
tackling the rising tide of global whistleblowing“ "
“The most powerful weapon
against fraud is not an
algorithm or a checklist,
but a whistleblower.”
The Economist

21. THE DISCUSSION
2015 World Anti-Doping Code
expressly recognizes that "clean
sports" requires persons to admit
their wrong doing and to bring other
violations to light.
The Code has a number of provisions
to encourage and reward persons
including athletes, managers, agents,
coaches,
parents and officials, who know of any
violation, to come forward for the
good of the sport

22. THE DISCUSSION
"more must done to protect
whistleblowers who are often
treated worse than the drug
cheats they help expose"
"We actually don't do whistle
blowing reporting very well.
We need to improve that.
Clearly we have evidence whistle
blowers can be an important part
of the exercise, we have to work
out what our policy is and how we
do it”
[ IOC Member Richard Pound,
November 2015 WADA conference]

23. THE DISCUSSION

24. THE DISCUSSION
“We know well that this institution
[of whistleblowing], very sadly, is
linked to tragic pages in the history of
our country. “This institution is linked
to Stalin’s mass political repression.”
Russian president Vladimir Putin minced no
words in bemoaning the prevalence and
encouragement of doping whistleblowers.
He likened such acts to one of his country’s
darkest eras:
Josef Stalin’s purges.
AP March 2107

25. THE REACTION – DOPING WADA – NADO NADA

26. THE REACTION - MATCH FIXING I.O.C. I.F.
INTEGRITY & COMPLIANCE
HOTLINE

27. THE RISKS FOR THE SPORT ORG
How TO?
Does it WORK
?
What’s NEXT ?
Risks of:
• Trust – faith – credibility -
loyalty
• Leaks of anonymity &
personal data
• Breach of local laws &
regulations

28. THE RISKS FOR THE WHISTLEBLOWER
To
whistle
or not to
whistle ?
This is the
question
Risks of:
• Safety, Stigmatization
Retaliation, betrayal
• Blackmailed, fired,
sued,blacklisted,
arrested, threatened,
• assaulted.

29. THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS
What predicts
athletes’ intentions to whistleblow?
Motivational and moral beliefs will predict intentions to
whistleblow indirectly, through the effects of more
proximal predictors (attitudes, normative, affective and
behavioral control beliefs).
The effects of normative beliefs (perceived social
acceptance of PED use) on intentions to whistleblow
will be moderated by sports identity.
Situational temptation will mediate the effects of
normative beliefs (perceived prevalence of PED use in
sports) on intentions to whistleblow.

30. THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS
What is the motivational profile of
athletes intending to whistleblow?
Is this profile different compared to the
profile of athletes who do not intend to
whistleblow?
Athletes intending to whistleblow
will demonstrate an adaptive motivational profile
(high task orientation, high intrinsic motivation, high
morality), as compared to athletes not intending to
whistleblow.

31. THE RISKS FOR THE WHISTLEBLOWER
Review of whistle blowing incidents
shows that among the whistleblowers surveyed,
62% lost their jobs,
18% felt that they were harassed or transferred, &
11% had their job responsibilities or salaries reduced
51%
of the incidents resulted in external investigations of the companies involved,
37% in management shake-ups,
22% in criminal investigations, and
11% in indictrnents
Jos, P. E., Tompkins, M. E., and Hays. S. W. [89]. "In Praise of Difficult People: A Portrait of the Com mitted Whistleblower," Public Administration Review, November-
December, 552-561.

32. THE RISKS FOR THE WHISTLEBLOWER
• More than one third (37%) of all employees surveyed believe …:.
senior management at their organization would either treat them less favorably or
look for ways to ……" terminate their employment , IF, they blew the whistle."
• Although more than half of respondents (53%) said…..:
“they would primarily encourage employees to go to their direct boss if they
saw wrongdoing within their company”,
one in four employees (25%) “said ….:
they would go directly to a regulator, external organization, or the media, if
internal whistleblowing structures not functioned appropriately. “
2014 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Study,” Fair game or foul play – tackling the rising tide of global whistleblowing“

33. THE PROACTIVITY
Radars are scientifically
proven to slow traffic & to
be effective as a long-term
traffic-solution. Studies
show that:
up to 80 % of speeders will
slow down when alerted by
a radar
Speeds reduced by 10-20 %
Overall compliance with
radar improves by 30-60%
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34. THE PROACTIVITY OF A WHISTLEBLOWING SERVICE
INTERN
AL
EXTERNAL
IN-side the sport ORG OUT-side the sport ORG

35. STEP 1 SAFEGUARD ANONYMOUS REPORT
IT ARCHITECTURE
Personal data security
ISO 27001:2013
asymmetrical encryption
Class 3+ high-security
data processing center
Technical insurance
SOMETHING serious and
true TO REPORT
Certified
personal data controller
https ENCRYPTED CONNECTION https ENCRYPTED CONNECTION
Whistleblower
ATHLETES – PARENTS – COACH –
REFEREE – SPORT EXECUTIVE –
COMMISSAR – chef de mission etc.
System data athorised User
NATIONAL
PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION
ATHORITY licence

36. STEP 2 REACH THE ATHORITIES
ISO 27001:2013
asymmetrical encryption
Class 3+ high-security
data processing center
Whisteblower gives the green light to
the personal data controller to proceed
https ENCRYPTED CONNECTION
System data authorized user

37. STEP 3 FINAL RESULT
IT ARCHITECTURE
Personal data security
ISO 27001:2013
asymmetrical encryption
Class 3+ high-security
data processing center
Technical insurance
Ethical
satisfuction
https ENCRYPTED CONNECTION
Whistleblower

38. THE PROACTIVITY OF SPORT WHISTLE
Regognize
• Harmful irregularities
• Doping /Match-Fixing / Harassment, etc.
Resist
• Awareness Learning Education
• Conscious & wise Decision to refuse & say NO
Report
• Uncover irregularities –act - protect sport
• Safe & responsible whistleblowing

39. THE SPORT WHISTLE PROJECT
Keep in touch….
www.sportwhistle.
eu