Analyzing Change Management in the Context of the FIFA Scandal

This report examines the FIFA scandal, focusing on the issues of bribery, corruption, and unethical practices within the organization. The analysis begins by identifying the key reasons for the increase in financial scams, highlighting the role of upper-level management's unethical business policies and ineffective organizational regulations. The case study delves into the alleged bribery involving FIFA officials and the impact on the selection of Qatar as the host for the 2022 World Cup. The report then explores the political, economic, social, and technological repercussions of the scandal, using a PEST framework. It discusses the negative impact on FIFA's brand image, financial losses, public reputation, and the technological infrastructure used to facilitate the scandal. The analysis concludes by underscoring the importance of ethical leadership and effective change management in preventing such incidents and maintaining organizational integrity.

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Question: 1
Bribery and financial scams are one of the most common and frequent issues being
emerging from the business organizations recently. There are various reasons for the increased
rate in origination of the financial scams in the recent time. One of the key reasons is the greed
and inclination towards the initiation of the unethical business policies by the upper level
management and another reason is the ineffective organizational rules and regulations. The case
related to FIFA is being emerged due to the reason of ineffective business practices along with
ineffective organizational regulations. This is due to the reason that, it is being discussed in the
case that, the president of FIFA had also been accused in the case of bribery. Though, he came
out clean and won the presidential ballot but still he is considered as one of the key accused in
this case. This is due to the reason that, the large scale corruption being emerged in FIFA is not
possible without the involvement of the upper level management.
Moreover, the recent arrest due to the case of scam involved the top officials of FIFA,
which further prove the fact that the upper level management are also involved in this case. Thus,
it can be concluded that, due to the ineffective and unethical business environment and
organizational conditions in FIFA, this bribery got the chance to enlarge and continued for so
many years. Moreover, it is can also be concluded that, due to the use of unethical business
practices by the top officials, all other executives in FIFA got the chance and motivation to
involve in unethical business practices. Thus, the internal organizational culture was ineffective
and unethical enough to motivate the executives in involving in bribery and scams along with
maintaining it for a long time.

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Question: 2
The fifa scandal that took place in 2010 regarding the bribery influence came a long way.
It was accused that the president of fifa and BH were involved in the monitory transaction that
heavily influenced the decision regarding 2022 FIFA World Cup. It is believed that this
transaction was the influential factor that played important role in choosing Qatar as the host
country for the FIFA 2022. However, both the allegation was later lifted and the court of justice
accused innocent by rejecting every allegation made on them. This led many to assume a high
level of corruption in the FIFA board. The decision of lifting all allegations from the accused
was highly influenced and based on the statements of the board members. It can be deduced from
the incident that every members were involved in the corruption that led them to vote in favour
of the alleged for proving them innocent. It can further be assumed from the above that the board
members may also have received a lump sum from the accused to hide the corruption. Hence,
both the power and monetary influence in this case can be noticed for the outcomes for the
individuals. Furthermore, the incident may also lead the world to believe not only the high level
of influence, both also the active involvement of each and every board member in the scam that
finalized the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar regardless of its incapability for hosting the football
in such unfavourable circumstances. Furthermore, assuming the power and influence of the
individual board members also points at the court of justice. By judging their monitory and social
influence might have directly influenced the court of justice. It is not the first time that someone
with this level of accusation has left the court of justice this easily.

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Question 3
The case study reflected various allegations that were brought in when Qatar was selected
for hosting the FIFA 2022 world cup. These events can be categorized in a PEST framework,
which is explained below-
Political
There were political repercussions from other nations such as Britain. This is because of
the high level of political insecurity that is placed by the Arabic countries. Qatar is prone to
various terrorist attacks and hence such negative influences could also trigger political unrest
among the citizens. There are also damages to the brand image of FIFA as this incident caused
negative reputation of the brand.
Economic
The specific incidents have incurred great financial loss for the economy of Qatar. This is
because of the fact that the there was considerable loss of the accommodation as well as travel
expenses as far as the presidency campaigns were concerned. This created much pressure on the
cash payments of the FIFA. There was also transfer of the funds from Qatari bank accounts,
which impacted the overall economic scenario of the country. There was immoral transfer of
funds from Qatari bank accounts to FIFA account holders, which reduced the economic strength
of the country.
Social
There was a great deal of bad reputation of Qatar as well as FIFA among the general
public. The public assumed that Qatar as a country had dishonest people like BH who do not like

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to work in an ethical manner. There were several ethical issues that impacted the brand name of
FIFA. The country’s professionalism was challenged and it was assumed that all the employees
are similar to BH, who engages in unethical practices.
Technological
This event also affected the technological framework of the country as the bank accounts
and other technological infrastructure was used to carry out this scandal. This not only affected
FIFA but also challenged the lack of safety issues of the Qatari bank accounts. People started to
doubt their privacy and security in their bank accounts.

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