Sport should be a safe and fair place for all participants. Threats to a sport’s integrity can include competition manipulation and sports gambling, doping, the improper use of drugs and medicine and behaviours that impact people’s positive experience of sport, such as discrimination or abuse, including against children. Integrity in sport means that participants, officials, supporters, and fans can participate in and enjoy sport, confident in the knowledge that they are part of a safe, fair, and inclusive environment.
The National Integrity Framework is essentially a set of rules that all members of our sport need to follow when it comes to their behaviour and conduct in sport. The National Integrity Framework, or NIF as it is commonly referred to, policies are:
These core policies are underpinned by the Complaints, Disputes and Discipline Policy, which explains how people who have breached a National Integrity Framework policy are held accountable for doing the wrong thing.
Sport Integrity Australia have a wide range of resources related to The National Integrity Framework, including videos, factsheets and eLearning. These can be found by following this link: https://www.sportintegrity.gov.au/resources
Over the next few months we will be sharing more NIF related resources for the Badminton community here and across our socials. If you have a NIF related question please reach out to our National Integrity Manager at integrity@badminton.org.au
