As the verdict of the ICC tribunal into the spot-fixing allegations by Pakistan cricketers Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt has been announced today (February 5th 2011) this seems like a good enough time to go ahead with this blog entry.
It's been announced that all three players have been found guilty by the ICC and have recieved lengthy bans; Butt for ten years (with five suspended), Asif for seven years (with two suspended) and Amir for five years. The players also face corruption charges in the UK, with the CPS (Crown Prosecution Service) claiming that they will seek to extradite the players if they do not come to the UK to answer the charges voluntarily.
For one of my university units (Ethics, Issues and Crisis Management) I had to write a 4,000 word research report on an organisation and investigate its approach to ethical issues and how it has developed its issue / crisis management strategy over time, as well as how they could potentially repair their reputation.
I chose to focus on the Pakistan Cricket Board, after members of the Pakistan Cricket team were alleged to have been caught 'spot fixing' in a test match against England in August 2010.
Back in January I hounded people to respond to a questionnaire I had posted online for the primary research section of this report. Thank you to all who took the time to complete it, it really means a lot!
This is the first time that I have made any of my university work available for public consumption; if it disappears in the next few days it will be because I'll have found out that making my work available in the public domain has breached some rule that Southampton Solent University has about this sort of thing.
I've been contemplating putting this report online for a few weeks now, but I wasn't sure if it is appropriate to do so, especially as it hasn't yet been formally marked by my lecturers.
I want to use this blog to promote myself as I search for a job in PR after I complete my degree in Public Relations and Communication at Southampton Solent Uni in June 2011, so putting my work online for potential employers to read seems like a logical decision. Plus I think that for the countless hours that I put into this report, having only three people reading it (myself and the two markers) would be a shame!
I have been advised by my lecturer to make clear that this work is my own and that it should not be re-used without permission.
Therefore this report may not be copied in part or in whole without prior permission, and if used in an academic capacity must clearly be cited properly using the author (Paul Taylor) as a reference. By reading either 1. This blog page or 2. Any section of the report, you (the reader) explicitly agree to abide by these terms.
Anyway, here is the report. If you are viewing this blog on a mobile device such as an iPhone please click the direct link to view in iBooks (or whatever the Android / Blackberry equivalent is).
Here are the appendices that don't appear in the embedded document.
Appendix E - Survey Monkey questionnaire on Spot Fixing . Please note that pages 35-37 are intentionally blank. Please don't fill out the questionnaire (I don't need any more responses)
Appendix K - ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel
(PDF)
Appendix L - ICC Anti Corruption Code for Players and Player Support Personnel
(PDF)
Appendix M - ECB Rules and Regulations (Web page)
Appendix N - Southampton Solent University Ethics form (Unavailable)
Appendix O - Blog post about Spot Fixing
Feel free to digest at your leisure, I hope you find it an informing read.
Paul
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