Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Professional Ethics
Course Code
LSPA_074
Branch of Science
Health sciences
ECTS
2.00
Target Audience
Sports Trainer
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time; Part-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Monta Jakovļeva
Structure Unit Manager
Uģis Ciematnieks
Structural Unit
Department of Sports Theory
Contacts
LSPA, Brīvības gatve 333, Riga, LV-1006
About Study Course
Objective
To enable the prospective sports specialist to acquire the necessary knowledge, skills and competences in the fields of professional and sports ethics, including codes of professional and sports ethics, as well as to practise respectful and fair treatment in communication.
Preliminary Knowledge
Sport philosophy, management basics, communication psychology.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Formulate and name the basic principles, values and norms of professional ethics in sport.
Individual work and tests
Group work within seminars • Presentation • Examination
2.Set out the sports code of ethics, the World Anti-Doping Code, anti-doping rules.
Individual work and tests
Examination • Presentation • Group work within seminars
3.Discuss basing mutual relations on fairness, truthfulness and benevolence, to assess and recognise unethical or erroneous decisions by themselves or other actors, and to correct them.
Individual work and tests
Group work within seminars • Presentation • Examination
4.Explain ethical principles, balanced decision-making as necessary through cooperation and agreement with parents or legal representatives and stakeholders on ethical problem solving, dispute resolution, pressure relief, etc. in the training process.
Individual work and tests
Examination • Group work within seminars • Presentation
Skills
1.Show respectful and fair treatment in communication.
Individual work and tests
Group work within seminars
2.Complies with the requirements of the relevant legislation and the professional ethics standards of the sector. Ability to build and manage a safe and effective learning/training environment, perform critical self-analysis.
Individual work and tests
Group work within seminars • Presentation
Competences
1.Ability to independently assess the situation and improve the competence of participants in the training process to take ethical and positive decisions, evaluating information and taking responsibility for it.
Individual work and tests
Examination • Presentation • Group work within seminars
Assessment
Individual work
|
Title
|
% from total grade
|
Grade
|
|---|---|---|
|
1.
Individual work |
-
|
-
|
|
When preparing seminars, students acquire the compulsory literature of the course, acquaint themselves with codes of professional ethics and other documents on the instructions of the teaching staff. |
||
Examination
|
Title
|
% from total grade
|
Grade
|
|---|---|---|
|
1.
Group work within seminars |
40.00% from total grade
|
10 points
|
|
As part of the seminars, students work in groups, analyzing codes of ethics and various situation tasks. Students actively participate in discussions on the topic of each class. At the end of the class, students shall submit a mutual assessment of the work of the group members in accordance with the assessment criteria specified by the teaching staff. The mutual assessment neutrecates the final assessment of the seminar. |
||
|
2.
Presentation |
30.00% from total grade
|
10 points
|
|
Students to prepare an individual presentation on the issue of the chosen professional qualification ethics in accordance with the directions offered by the teaching staff. Students shall find and use an appropriate scientific paper or study on the selected topic in preparing the presentation. The presentation shall be submitted to the e-learning environment and presented to the group in one of the last seminars. |
||
|
3.
Examination |
30.00% from total grade
|
10 points
|
|
At the end of the study course, students take a theoretical examination on the topics of the study course. The test consists of multiple choice and open (essay) type questions. The examination shall be conducted in writing in person. |
||
Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
-
Lecture
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Subject of professional ethics and its sub-types.
Structure of professional morale
|
-
Class/Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Ethical management styles in communication
|
-
Class/Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Sports ethics as sub-type of regulatory ethics
|
-
Class/Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
The ethics of the coach. Ethics of a sports teacher. Ethics of a sports job manager.
|
-
Class/Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Ethical values in sport
|
-
Class/Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Codes of professional ethics.
Code of ethics in sports
|
-
Class/Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
The ethics of the coach. Ethics of a sports teacher. Ethics of a sports job manager.
|
-
Class/Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Essence of behaviour and work culture
|
-
Class/Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
The ethics of the coach. Ethics of a sports teacher. Ethics of a sports job manager.
|
-
Class/Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Codes of professional ethics.
Code of ethics in sports
|
-
Class/Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
The ethics of the coach. Ethics of a sports teacher. Ethics of a sports job manager.
|
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
2.00
Contact hours:
22 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam
PART-TIME
Part 1
-
Lecture
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Subject of professional ethics and its sub-types.
Structure of professional morale
|
-
Class/Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Codes of professional ethics.
Code of ethics in sports
|
-
Class/Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Essence of behaviour and work culture
|
-
Class/Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Ethical values in sport
|
-
Class/Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
The ethics of the coach. Ethics of a sports teacher. Ethics of a sports job manager.
|
-
Class/Seminar
|
Modality
|
Location
|
Contact hours
|
|---|---|---|
|
On site
|
Auditorium
|
2
|
Topics
|
Ethical management styles in communication
|
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
2.00
Contact hours:
12 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Kuzņecova A. Profesionālās ētikas pamati. Ievads sporta ētikā. Rīga: RaKa, 2003. (akceptējams izdevums)
2.
Omarova S. Cilvēks runā ar cilvēku – Rīga, Kamene, 2006. (akceptējams izdevums)
3.
Pasaules Antidopinga kodekss
Additional Reading
1.
Jakovļeva M. Globalizācijas ētika. Studiju palīglīdzeklis Riga: LSPA, 2024. (e-studijās)
2.
Jakovļeva M. Pilsoniskums un patriotisms: mūsdienu sabiedrības vērtības. Studiju palīglīdzeklis. Rīga: LSPA, 2024. (e-studijās)
3.
Sportista rokasgrāmata. Latvijas Antidopinga birojs . 2015. (akceptējams izdevums)
4.
Sportistu rokasgrāmata angļu valodā