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

Stephanie Madden, Rebecca A. Alt

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)24-44
Number of pages21
JournalJournal of Public Interest Communications
Volume5
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 13 2021

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Health(social science)
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Cultural Studies
  • Gender Studies

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