More Than a “Bad Apple”: Applying an Ethics of Care Perspective to a Collective Crisis

The Larry Nassar case is one of many abuse stories within and beyond sports. Although conventional strategies of image repair such as identifying one “bad apple” are considered effective within an ethics of justice perspective, we argue that crisis responses must adopt an ethics of care when physic...

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Main Authors:	Stephanie Madden, Rebecca A. Alt
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Florida, College of Journalism and Communications 2021-07-01
Series:	Journal of Public Interest Communications
Online Access:	https://journals.flvc.org/jpic/article/view/126869

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spelling	doaj-a4677d63b906400cbb2614696ec9f0422021-07-14T13:31:32ZengUniversity of Florida, College of Journalism and CommunicationsJournal of Public Interest Communications 2573-43422021-07-015110.32473/jpic.v5.i1.p24More Than a “Bad Apple”: Applying an Ethics of Care Perspective to a Collective CrisisStephanie Madden0Rebecca A. AltThe Pennsylvania State University The Larry Nassar case is one of many abuse stories within and beyond sports. Although conventional strategies of image repair such as identifying one “bad apple” are considered effective within an ethics of justice perspective, we argue that crisis responses must adopt an ethics of care when physical and emotional harm has occurred. Using a case study approach, we qualitatively analyzed organizational responses from Michigan State University (MSU), U.S.A. Gymnastics (USAG), and the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), as well as media coverage of Nassar’s sentencing hearing, through Fraustino and Kennedy’s (2018) Applied Model of Care Considerations (AMCC) framework. We theorize how the media landscape creates a space of resistance for survivors that facilitates ethics of care in a collective crisis. https://journals.flvc.org/jpic/article/view/126869
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title	More Than a “Bad Apple”: Applying an Ethics of Care Perspective to a Collective Crisis
title_short	More Than a “Bad Apple”: Applying an Ethics of Care Perspective to a Collective Crisis
title_full	More Than a “Bad Apple”: Applying an Ethics of Care Perspective to a Collective Crisis
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description	The Larry Nassar case is one of many abuse stories within and beyond sports. Although conventional strategies of image repair such as identifying one “bad apple” are considered effective within an ethics of justice perspective, we argue that crisis responses must adopt an ethics of care when physical and emotional harm has occurred. Using a case study approach, we qualitatively analyzed organizational responses from Michigan State University (MSU), U.S.A. Gymnastics (USAG), and the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC), as well as media coverage of Nassar’s sentencing hearing, through Fraustino and Kennedy’s (2018) Applied Model of Care Considerations (AMCC) framework. We theorize how the media landscape creates a space of resistance for survivors that facilitates ethics of care in a collective crisis.
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More Than a “Bad Apple”: Applying an Ethics of Care Perspective to a Collective Crisis

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