Ethical Sponsorship and Partnership Standard

Safeguards for federation, event, sponsor and commercial relationships.

Acceptable partnerships

Partnerships should expand safe access, athlete opportunity, organizational capacity, responsible innovation or reliable information without compromising independent sport decisions.

Independence protections

No sponsor influence over classification or eligibility
No sponsor control of official results or protests
No suppression of verified safety or regulatory reporting
Clear identification of sponsored material
Conflict-of-interest disclosure and recusal
No exploitative use of disability narratives or athlete images

Restricted relationships

Partnerships should be rejected where the organization, product or proposed campaign creates an unacceptable safeguarding, corruption, discrimination, health, betting-integrity, privacy or reputational risk.