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Coaching Practice On the ethics of elite-level sports participation by children Rowland, Thomas W Pediatric Exercise Science (USA) Vol 12, No 1, pp 1 - 5. What defines ethical behaviour, particularly as it applies to children in elite sports? Behaviour becomes unethical when the child's best interests are placed below the interests of others. No guidelines exist to identify improper behaviour as applied to children in intensive sports training, but it may be possible to adopt rules of conduct from other areas in which the rights of children to be protected from harm are already recognised. This article looks at three areas: children as research subjects, child abuse laws, and regulation of child labour. Several initiatives are suggested. These include the establishment of an umbrella Organisation serving to protect children from exploitation in elite sports.
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