Fifa in crisis amid corruption arrests and World Cup voting inquiry – as it happened http://gu.com/p/499vz/stw#block-5565ed08e4b0ab5615399b48
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Volume 16, Issue 3, August 2013, Pages 255–267
Abstract
The
Fédération Internationale de Football Association, or FIFA, is a
non-governmental organization located in Switzerland that is responsible
for overseeing the quadrennial World Cup football (soccer) competition
in addition to its jurisdiction over other various international
competitions and aspects of international football. The organization,
long accused of corruption, has in recent years been increasingly
criticized by observers and stakeholders for its lack of transparency
and accountability. In 2011 FIFA initiated a governance reform process
which will come to a close in May 2013. This paper draws on literature
in the field of international relations to ask and answer the question:
how can FIFA be held accountable? The paper's review finds that the
answer to this question is “not easily.” The experience in reforming the
International Olympic Committee (IOC) more than a decade ago provides
one model for how reform might occur in FIFA. However, any effective
reform will require the successful and simultaneous application of
multiple mechanisms of accountability. The FIFA case study has broader
implications for understanding mechanisms of accountability more
generally, especially as related to international non-governmental
organizations.
Highlights
►
IFA has come under increasing pressure for governance reform. ► The
paper evaluates possible mechanisms of accountability. ► This paper
finds that there are limited means to hold FIFA accountable. ► Reform
will likely come from a combination of indirect legal, market and public
reputational means.
Keywords
- Accountability;
- Governance;
- Non-governmental organizations;
- International sports associations
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