While reading this article about Lance Armstrong, I thought to myself what would using performance enhancing drugs have to do with ethical decision making? As I read further into the story it all began to make since. Not only is ethnical decision making important for businesses but, it is just as important for individuals. As we all know Lance Armstrong is famous for winning the Tour de France a record number of seven times. This is unreal for the normal human being and he did so after winning the battle against testicular cancer. I know you are probably sitting there wondering how can someone that has already been through so much from battling cancer go on to win the Tour de France seven times. Well this went through the minds of others as well and they began to question whether Lance was taking performance enhancing drugs during the times he raced. Mr. Armstrong denied that he had ever used performance enhancing drugs for many years and even told an attorney for SCA that if he continued to say that he used these performance enhancing drugs he would sue him. SCA was the promotional company that paid Armstrong …show more content…
This is the problem we have athletes these days believe that they are untouchable and that there was no punishment for taking performance enhancing drugs. Lance Armstrong would later learn that this is not the case anymore. Arbitration was over turned against Armstrong in 2013 and he was ordered to pay SCA ten million dollars. This is just some of the money that Armstrong was paid by SCA during the times he was racing. Not only was this a huge hit to Armstrong but, after admitting to Oprah Winfrey in 2013 that he did indeed use performance enhancing drug every one of his sponsors dropped him costing him a whopping seventy five million. He was also banned from professional cycling for
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Those who believe the use of anabolic steroids should be allowed in professional sports have numerous arguments for those in opposition. Professional sports leagues have tried to stop the use of steroids by drug testing players and punishing those who do not pass. A number of major athletes, such as Lance Armstrong, have been stripped of their athletic accolades due to discoveries of drug use. Despite witnessing the fall of great competitors due to “doping,” people continue to use. Because of unsuccessful attempts at banning the drug, many people believe “it may be time to head in the other direction: legalize performance enhancers” (Smith 1). No matter how many rules and regulations are made against the use of steroids, athletes will continue to abuse the drug in order to get ...
Lance Armstrong’s doping scandal is one example that truly illustrates the negative consequences of defying integrity. The lawsuit against the Former American cyclist was originally filled by a former teammate. The ethical issue of using money from the U.S. postal service to unfairly associate it with a sophisticated doping program is what led this former athlete from hero to zero. Denial and disagreements between him and his people arose until he finally decided to confess his unmoral actions. Despite the confession, he was stripped of his record seven tour de France titles, and was banned for life by the United States Anti-Doping Agency. To make things worse, his “Livestrong” foundation’s vision was irreversibly destroyed. He compromised his integrity, preaching visions that were contrary to his actions, and as a consequence, people lost trust and respect in him. He ignored justice and prudence for financial aspirations, which ultimately led to not only losing all what ...
...ackdate a prescription for corticosteroids for a saddle sore to explain a positive steroid test result” ( Sinnott). Because Armstrong’s desires to win at the Tour de France, he chose to take steroids to make himself more powerful than his competitors. This is similar to how some businesses cheat by creating monopolies in order to control all the money. Armstrong is like those corporations that make the choice to be more powerful but is morally unethical because it causes inequality of opportunity to others around them.
...his has resulted in many cyclists being banned from the sport most notably Lance Armstrong in 2012.
The question of drug use among athletes in what was previously considered by the unknowing public to be a rather pristine sport, cycling, is important in that it will affect all future Tours and will place them and the athletes under scrutiny. To begin with, in Europe until the 1998 scandal occurred, despite a few exceptions, cycling was considered a drug free sport. The 1998 drug scandal tarnished the Tour de France and the reputation and image of other sports. The media response to the scandal took differing positions on what should be done next to clean up cycling. The scandal also affected advertisements, sales, and without question the 1999 Tour and Lance Armstrong. Since even the most naïve fan no longer trusts the cyclists, drug-testing procedures have been instituted. Also, the question now arises regarding medications used by seriously ill cyclists.
Sports players are starting to resort to different ways to help them play better or to get stronger. And one of the big ways right now is the use of PEDs. They use them because they are weaker then there opponents. But even though they make you stronger and gives you an edge over on everyone else that is not using them they ruin lives and make people think of you differently as a person. Elite athletes use them to help them win and or play better, example Lance Armstrong who is a seven time Tour de France winner, who was caught “doping” so that he was stronger and had more stamina then his other opponents. Then Alex Rodriguez claimed that he used steroids to help recover from his hip surgery. But when really it was helping him continue to smash the ball even when he was trying to recover from his injury, but he continued to use them after he was better. And the clinic he and twenty seven other professional baseball players were getting them from. When he and Lance were caught they still denied it. They lost a lot of respect in the community because there great performances weren’t really there raw skills and years of training. "A potent cocktail of sophisticated PEDs stacked together to delive...
Drawn to cycling prior to his success as a triathlon star during high school, Lance Armstrong faced many ups and downs until ultimately coming out on top. These series of events begin with his adoption and build up to the success of cycling career prior to his cancer diagnosis, recovering steadily and achieving things doctors thought he could never do again, the momentous loss of his successes resulted from his confession. Suffering years of accusations, Armstrong admitted to the use of performance enhancing drug use live on TV. Armstrong's judgment error involving lying and cheating to magnify his performance ultimately lead to his demise in many ways, therefore Armstrong fits the mold of a tragic hero.
Sunday the 24th July 2005 brought an end to his illustrious career. It was the day he wrapped up his 7th Tour De France victory, the day he retired and a day that will be remembered for many years to come. Since overcoming cancer he became the name that dominates the sport of cycling. Lance Armstrong revitalized cycling and the Tour de France, he turned cycling into a world-class sport and the Tour de France into a mega media event.
Have you ever heard of the famous cyclist Lance Armstrong? He won many cycling events but he was stripped of some of his major victories. He was so good on his bike that he could practically communicate with it. But sadly he was stripped of his wins for a very serious offence to the Tour de France. After being in cycling for many years, in 1996 he was diagnosed with testicular cancer. The cancer was very bad and was in his lungs and his brain, meaning there was a good chance he would not survive. He had to have multiple surgeries and go on chemotherapy. Three years after he was diagnosed he came back to win the Tour de France in 1999. He continued to win every year for seven years, from 1999-2005. He won the Tour de France two more times than any other cyclist in history. In 2005 he retired from cycling and made a
Over the past century many athletes have been suspended from sports, titles and medals taken away, and received penalties for having tested positive for one of the banned substances (Timothy Herman 6). A major story that came about in 2013 was Lance Armstrong admitting to the use to performance enhancing drugs. An interview which aired on January 17th 2013 with Oprah Winfrey was the first time Lance admitted to the use of performance enhancing drugs (6). Lance admitted to the use of the following banned substances; EPO, testosterone, cortisone, HGH and illegal blood transfusions (6). In October 2012 the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), a non-profit, non-governmental organization and the national anti-doping organization for the United States (USADA), released more than 1,000 pages of evidence in doping allegations against both Armstrong and his teammates (Greg Beaubien 7). After the evidence was revealed Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, and was to give back the bronze medal he won in 2000 (9). Cycling is a very common sport to find athletes using performance enhancing drugs. For example, eighty percent of the Tour de France medalists between 1996 and 2010 have been stripped of their title after failing a drug test or later finding out they were using banned substances, according to the USADA report on Armstrong (Timothy Herman 6). Armstrong didn’t just use one drug to enhance his performance he used multiple drugs (6). When tested Lance was found to have been blood doping (EPO), using corticosteroids and testosterone. All these drugs are banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which is a foundation created through a collective initiative led by the International Olympic Committee (Dictionary). EPO...
Lance Armstrong is a well-known sportsman competitor in the sport of cycling; In 1999 Lance wins his first Tour de France, including the opening prologue. In the year of 2000 he finishes second at Paris-Camembert and third in the French Dauphine Libere and Classique des Alpes. And also wins the Tour de France over Jan Ullrich and Marco Pantani, for the second time. And then in 2001 he wins the Tour de France for the third straight year. Also after that year he wins the Tour de France again, becoming one of five riders who have ever won four Tours de France. This placed him among cycling greats with Jacques Anquetil, Bernard Hinault, Eddy Merckx, and Miguel Indurain. In 2003 he wins a fifth Tour de France in five years. Only Spain's Miguel Indurain has had five straight wins. And then in 2004 he won a sixth Tour de France. He seals the event by winning five stages and the team time trial. He also becomes the first man since Gino Bartali in 1948 to win three consecutive mountain stages. On April 18
Unfortunately, some athletes in the eagerness to reach this goal, end up passing the limit of what is considered ethical. The big problem is that some athletes, due to the lack of orientation, end up being punished and labeled as unethical without even knowing what is happening. As for example accepting to take certain supplements given by their trainer to enhance their performance.
Many people believe that drug use in professional athletics is not a serious problem, however it is more widespread and serious than people think. In professional athletics the use of drugs is looked upon as somewhat of a serious problem, but is also very discrete and low key. Every once in a while one might see a prominent figure in a certain sport being reprimanded for the use of some outlawed drug, however this is just one of the many who happened to get caught. Athletes today seem to find no moral problem with using performance-enhancing drugs, or in other words cheating. Also many of them feel that because they are "stars" there should be no repercussions for their illegal activity.
“Athletes are in a position to make a decision about what behavior is in their best interest; weigh the risks and benefits according to their own values.” Lewis Kurlontzick, a professor from the University of Connecticut, School of Law, makes this statement when asked how he feels about athletes doping. However as time passes, the level of competitiveness in sport have made athletes feel like they are in an environment where they are forced to take drugs in order for them to compete. The athletes’ main concern or goal when taking perform...