Russia and the 2016 Rio Olympics
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In regards to Russia's Olympics doping scandal and considering the role of ethics in business (or government etc)
The Rio 2016 Olympics have been plagued with many controversies, and this one in my humble opinion outshines all of them. According to what's alleged and my reading, this was a state sponsored cover up. Please share your point of view of this scandal, and what ethical concerns arise from it.
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This answer looks at the ban of Russia's entire track and field team at the 2016 Olympics Games in Rio amid accusations of team member doping. I look at two ethical issues stemming from the gathering of evidence/testing and the presumption of guilt over innocence.
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There are several ethical issues that arise from the handling of the ban of Russia's entire Track and Field team at the 2016 Rio Olympics. I feel there was a lack of oversight on the collection of evidence and testing against the track and field team. Additionally, the entire team was banned--even those that had never tested positive or used performance enhancing drugs. The reports provided were simply taken at face value without a ...
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