Social Innovation and the Fight Against Corruption in Sport: Latin American Models

Abstract

Corruption is a social and cultural problem that can be analyzed from different perspectives, for example, from sport. This as a social fact is full of meanings and value for governments, corporations, and for the transnational non-governmental organizations that promote it, such as the International Olympic Committee and FIFA. When both phenomena are analyzed (corruption and sport), new fields of study appear, education and training needs are identified, and opportunities are created for anyone interested in the sports integrity industry. This work presents three models in the fight against corruption in Latin America, which have served as a case study, which can be exported and adapted to sport at global level. As a result of this analysis, individuals and civil society organizations are invited to develop tools to carry out effective controls and audit public financing, report corruption through mechanisms that guarantee their anonymity, involve independent journalists, support moral disapproval, and identify fallacies in the discourses of integrity and good governance, as there are narratives that have misleading information.