Audits

ISICS Audits is a businessunit of ISICS Group . This businessunit provides integrity audits with a focus on the relation between sport and integrity. The integrity audits provides you a extended insight how well your organizations has implemented integrity standards in the corporate policy, businessprocesses and procedures. Audits are available for Sportsporganizations, lottery organizations (betting operators as well as suppliers), manufacturers of sportsproducts, sponsors, media, public authorities, etc. To perform the audits, ISICS Audits has a partnership with ETHISPORT .

ETHISPORT specialized in sports integrity and ethics

Ethisport has developed a set of matrices and expert systems providing all the keys regarding sport integrity. These matrices based on sophisticated algorithms take in account 20 years of expertise on match-fixing, doping, sports betting, corruption, governance, conflicts of interest, organized crime, money laundering, etc.

A mission: how does it work

1. Objectives
ISICS Audits/Ethisport and its client X determine the objectives and the scope of the mission.

For example:
- What is X’s level of performance regarding sport integrity?
- Which action plan could X develop to protect sport integrity and control ethics-related risks?
- How could X develop an integrity network with public and private stakeholders (UNESCO, Council of Europe, IOC, etc.)?

2. Project Team
X and ISICS Audits/ETHISPORT determine a project team and the number of interview to conduct

- Designation of the client project Manager
- Designation of ISICS Audits/Ethisport project Manager and ISICS Audits/Ethisport assistant Expert (at least one native from the country)
- Determination of the number of interviews to conduct (generally between 10 and 15)

3. Information
ISICS Audits/Ethisport prepares an email for the client’s project Manager, in order to inform all the people who will be interviewed in the framework of the mission

4. Preparation
Before the mission, ISICS Audits/ETHISPORT sends a small list of questions so that some interviewees can prepare the discussion and possibly the documents

5. Interviews
The 2 experts spend a few days (generally 2 to 4) at the client’s premises to conduct the interviews.

6. Additional questions
After the interviews, ISICS Audits/Ethisport project Manager send additional questions to some of the interviewees (generally less than 5)

7. Reporting
A few weeks after the mission, ISICS Audits/Ethisport sends a confidential and detailed report, including recommendations, a benchmarking and an operational action plan.

The 3 pillars of the ETHISPORT system

The audits will be performed by ISICS Audits based upon the sytem developed by ETHISPORT. It consist of 3 main pillars. Examples of these pillars follow below.

One MATRIX

More than 500 questions per stakeholder

One WEIGHTING per matrix

More than 95% of the questions are indisputable

because answers can be checked

One EXPERT SYSTEM per matrix

Algorithm developed by Ethisport

1. The Matrix

For each sports stakeholder, the ETHISPORT matrix includes around 500 questions regarding sport integrity.

Example of questions for (International) Sports Federations :

D.9	Is giving a bribe or inducing others accepting a bribe considered as an offence for licensed officials/administrators/staff (including coaches, doctors, team owners, shareholders)?	YES/NO
D.10	Is failing to report when they are approached to influence the course of a competition considered as an offence for players/athletes?	YES/NO

Example of questions for Ministry of Sports :

G.2	Has the organisation set up a risk prevention strategy?	YES/NO
G.3	If G.2 = YES, manipulation of sports competition is it part of this strategy?	YES/NO

Example of questions for Sponsors :

C.12	In its sponsorship contract with an athlete, the organisation includes an article clarifiyng the following doping rule: if the athlete is suspended for doping by his/her federation/league (after appeal possibilities), the contract is terminated of right.	YES/NO
	In its sponsorship contract with an entity (club, team), the organisation includes an article clarifiyng the following doping rules:	YES/NO
C.13	The sponsored entity (club, team) has to make all possible provision to avoid doping
C.14	The sponsored entity (club, team) has to set up specific education tools to avoid doping

2. Weighting

The scoring of each answer will be weighted conform the following table:

Weight = 5: Essential criterion

Weight = 3: Important criterion

Weight = 2: Interesting criterion

Weight = 1: Secondary criterion

Weight = 0: Criterion not take in account for the assessment

Example of weighting for (International) Sports Federations :

D.9	Is giving a bribe or inducing others accepting a bribe considered as an offence for licensed officials/administrators/staff (including coaches, doctors, team owners, shareholders)?	Weight=3
D.10	Is failing to report when they are approached to influence the course of a competition considered as an offence for players/athletes?	Weight=3

Example of weighting for Ministry of Sports :

G.2	Has the organisation set up a risk prevention strategy?	Weight=3
G.3	If G.2 = YES, manipulation of sports competition is it part of this strategy?	Weight=2

Example of weighting for Sponsors :

C.12	In its sponsorship contract with an athlete, the organisation includes an article clarifiyng the following doping rule: if the athlete is suspended for doping by his/her federation/league (after appeal possibilities), the contract is terminated of right.	Weight=5
	In its sponsorship contract with an entity (club, team), the organisation includes an article clarifiyng the following doping rules:
C.13	The sponsored entity (club, team) has to make all possible provision to avoid doping	Weight=3
C.14	The sponsored entity (club, team) has to set up specific education tools to avoid doping	Weight=2

3. The ETHISPORT expert system

Thanks to an algorithm developed by Ethisport, the 500 questions of the matrix are then checked, compiled, and organised by main issue.

Example of the result of an assessment: