ABSTRACT Supported by a wealth of research, current UK Government policy emphasises the important role of sport in delivering social outcomes. What is not considered in the current policy and academia are the logically plausible adverse associations that would follow when sport is shown to lack integrity, an increasing phenomenon nowadays. If sport is found to lack integrity, then does this alter people’s perceptions and their relationship with it? In this study, we aim to answer this question by examining people’s views on the lack of integrity in sport and their propensity to participate, volunteer and spectate sport in the UK context. Data collected through 18 focus groups reveal a perceived ‘normalisation’ of the lack of integrity in sport and an overall belief that sport cannot manage its integrity. The findings suggest that paradoxically, even though sport is viewed as untrustworthy, people’s propensity to participate, spectate and volunteer in sport remains unchanged. Consequently, even though sport is viewed as corrupt and unable to improve, its perceived role as a mechanism for social outcomes appears to remain unaffected, creating a potentially vicious circle in which sport has little to no pressing urgency or strong motivation to protect its integrity.

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对体育诚信的看法：洞察人们与体育的关系

摘要在大量研究的支持下，当前的英国政府政策强调体育在实现社会成果方面的重要作用。当前的政策和学术界没有考虑的是逻辑上合理的不良关联，当体育表现出缺乏完整性时，随之而来的是这种关联，如今这种现象正在增加。如果发现运动缺乏完整性，那么这是否会改变人们的观念及其与之的关系？在这项研究中，我们旨在通过研究人们对体育运动缺乏诚信的看法及其在英国背景下参与，志愿和观看体育运动的倾向来回答这个问题。通过18个焦点小组收集的数据揭示了运动缺乏完整性的感知“正常化”，并总体认为运动无法管理其完整性。研究结果表明，矛盾的是，尽管人们认为体育运动是不可信任的，但人们参与体育运动，观众和志愿者的意愿没有改变。因此，尽管体育被视为腐败且无法改善，但其作为社会成果机制的作用似乎并未受到影响，从而形成了一个潜在的恶性循环，在这种恶性循环中，体育几乎没有迫切的紧迫性或强烈的动机来保护其完整性。