ROMANIAN SPORT INTEGRITY PROBLEMS AND WHISTLEBLOWING IN 2017-2018
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Accepted
29 March 2026
Available Online
15 March 2019
Abstract
ROMANIAN SPORT RECORDED MANY CASES OF WHISTLEBLOWING IN 2017 AND 2018, WHICH HAVE TRANSPIRED ESPECIALLY IN THE MEDIA. SOCIETY HAS OFTEN RECEIVED TESTIMONIES ABOUT ABUSES, DOPING OR FIXED MATCHES AND THIS ASPECT SHOWED THE PROBLEMS OF THE SPORT SYSTEM. THE IMPACT OF WHISTLEBLOWING THAT WAS VISIBLE DURING THESE TWO YEARS DISPLAYS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PROCESS OF REPORTING IRREGULARITIES AND THE PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOUR OF THE PEOPLE FROM SPORT. THE ETHICALISSUES ARE DEBATED THROUGH THE REPORTING OF ILLEG AL WRONGDOINGS. WHISTLEBLOWING BECAME MORE ACCEPTED IN THE ROMANIAN SOCIETY BECAUSE LEGAL STATUTES ARE STIPULATED. THE CASES OF WHISTLEBLOWING ARE A GOOD INDICATOR FOR THE LEVEL OF INTEGRITY IN ROMANIAN SPORT AND IT HELPS TO UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES OF TH E PHENOMENON. THIS STUDY GATHERS THE MOST IMPORTANT CASES OF WHISTLEBLOWING FROM THE PERIOD 2017 -2018 AND EXPAINS THEIR CONTEXT, THEIR RELEVANCE AND CONSEQUENCES.
Keywords
SPORT INTEGRITY
WHISTLEBLOWING
ROMANIAN SPORT
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