About us.

United for Ethics in Sport is a social network for an ethical, open, and connected world of sport. For professional and amateur athletes alike.

Our Objectives.

  • Provide a platform for the promotion and defense of ethical approaches to sports and business.

  • Facilitate global dialogue and foster cooperation among the private sector, the academic world, government agencies, international organisations, the media, spiritual as well as secular communities and all other stakeholders with the end in view of fostering decency, maximizing human values and building wider public trust in sports and business.

  • Recruit the broadest possible support for trends, initiatives and projects that would encourage or enhance ethical and/or spiritual motivations, practices, norms and goals in the sports and business world.

  • Organizing the International Leadership Symposium on Ethics in Sports and Ethics in Business.

Our Activities.

  • Regularly convene the International Leadership Symposium on Ethics in Sports & Business as well as other pertinent public forums and conferences.

  • Organise meetings, trainings and workshops, including leadership seminars and summits, for the benefit of relevant stakeholders, such as the World Youth Forum for young leaders.

  • Give public recognition and award prizes to outstanding individuals and companies for their exemplary work and service.

  • Raise funds and build resources to support the mission and the objectives.

  • Cooperate and work closely with the International Association for Human Values to realize common aims and objectives.

Initiated by.

H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Founder, Art of living

H.H. Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (b. 1956, India) is a revered spiritual leader and humanitarian. His mission of uniting the world into a violence-free global family has inspired millions of people worldwide to broaden their spheres of responsibility and work towards sustainable peace.

Mrs. Rajita Kulkarni
President World Forum for Ethics in Business

Rajita is a humanitarian, an educationist, a writer, a leadership coach and a global leader. She is the President of the World Forum for Ethics in Business and a Board member in a number of non-governmental organisations at an Indian national and international level.

Peter Marti
Co-Founder World Forum for Ethics in Sports

Peter Marti is Creative Director and owner of Marti Communications AG and of Digismart AG. Both companies are active globally for digital solutions (e-shops, platforms, social, online). The companies are based in Zurich/Switzerland. Founded in 1984 and 2012. He co-founded the World Forum for Ethics in Sports in 2014.

Christoph Glaser
CEO, Senior Consultant and Trainer | TLEX Europe

Christoph has more than 15 years of managing experience, and has been serving in different business organizations and NGOs in capacities of CEO, Board Member and Managing Director. At the moment he serves as CEO for TLEX Europe and Managing Director for World Forum for Ethics in Business.

Advisory committee

Joseph Blatter
Former President of FIFA

Joseph «Sepp» Blatter is a Swiss football official. Blatter first acted as general secretary of Fifa until he was elected president of FIFA in 1998, a position he held until 2016. Blatter contributed to the globalization of football. He started the Fifa Ethics Committee. Under his leadership, Fifa hosted the first World Summit on Ethics and Leadership in Sports.

Inge Andersen
Former secretary-general of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports

Mr. Andersen was born in Bergen, Norway. He coached the Swiss cross-country skiing national team from 1994 to 1996. Later he was hired by the Norwegian Ski Association to train and manage the women’s cross-country skiing national team. In 2004 he was appointed secretary-general of the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports.

Kevin Young
Olympic Champion and Former World Record Holder in the 400-Metre Hurdles

Kevin Young was born on September 16, 1966, in Los Angeles, California. He became one of the most outstanding 400-metre hurdlers in athletics history, winning the gold medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and setting a world record of 46.78 seconds. Kevin Young holds a B.Sc. in Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Master’s degree in Sports Ethics and Integrity from KU Leuven. He is widely recognized not only for his athletic achievements but also for his innovative hurdling technique and his lasting influence on the discipline.

United for Ethics in Sport is a registered association based in Zurich, Switzerland.