Archive for October 2022

(Originally published by Chuck Gallagher and Bruce Wolk, January 2022) As a speaker and consultant on Sports Ethics, I am frequently asked what can be done about seemingly out-of-control behaviors that have literally brought down or threatened programs. In my consultations with coaches, athletes and programs, I make it clear that as a keynote speaker on sports ethics, the number one problem that no one wants to face is unethical behavior. It’s 2022 and so… The calendar has just turned 2022 or as we sports fanatics like to say, we’re […]

By Chuck Gallagher Here is an interesting case of fraud that combined both business ethics and sports ethics. In the last few years, in addition to COVID-19, the ethics world has witnessed another kind of outbreak. I call it “Star Struck Stupidity,” but you can feel free to call it fraud. Whether we’re talking about sports figures, actors, Reality TV characters or those who have attached themselves to charismatic individuals such as Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos, good people have invested – and lost, their life’s savings simply because they were blinded by […]

Why is the Ray Rice scandal still so important? by National Sports Ethics and Business Ethics Keynote Speaker Chuck Gallagher Remember Ray Rice? He was the Baltimore Ravens running back who beat his girlfriend (later his wife) unconscious in a hotel elevator. He became symbolic for all that was wrong with the NFL. Indeed, thousands of social media posts, podcasts, blogs and sports-talk talking-head time was devoted to him. Amid great hand-wringing, Commissioner Roger Goodell and his minions promised us the NFL would institute a tough stance on any kind of […]