ABSTRACT
This chapter identifies factors that catalyse corrupt practices or increase the likelihood of corruption in international sport federations (ISFs). It demonstrates that the commercialisation of sport and the instrumentalisation of sport by politics both increase the motives for a wide and diverse group to engage in corruption. Cultural (corrupt cultures) and structural (bad governance) organisational variables render ISFs particularly vulnerable to such practices because they provide opportunities for corruption. The chapter concludes by arguing that strategies that decrease the opportunities for individuals to commit fraud or take bribes will be the most effective means for ISFs to eradicate corruption.
