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Jointly curated by the AC and AoCS to inform, stimulate and educate practitioners

Ethics has gradually become part of most coaching body requirements and ethical codes for coaches and supervisors were established early on. However, ethics is not simply about following an external code, to be considered as a defensive response when facing a complaint. 

The resources, whilst aimed mainly at coaching supervisors, will also help coaches and mentors to discover useful resources and thinking frameworks. Ethics are core to a coach’s practice enabling them to handle and support their clients’ challenges and ethical dilemmas. Supervisors also bring ethical maturity and a deeper understanding, so that the supervision they provide ensures that practitioners are working ethically and within a developmental and quality framework.

 

Jointly curated by the AC and AoCS to inform, stimulate and educate practitioners in current ethical practice, the resources are located here

This collaborative effort consulted members from AC and AoCS, independent coaches and a range of professional bodies, to gather resources and ensure that the coverage was wide in scope.

 

You will find in this knowledge space examples of codes of practice, frameworks for guiding thinking, scenarios, opportunities for reflecting on potential ethical challenges, plus theory and practice.

Content includes:

• introduction and context,
• ethics and coaching supervision
• ethical awareness and maturity
• sample scenarios for self-assessment
• approaches and models
• resource list and current codes

Benefits to practitioners: 

• A place to explore ethics, sourced from across the profession
• Can access the resources at any time and as needed
• Collated content to support coaching and mentoring supervisors but relevant to coaches, mentors and coach training organisations
• Lots of links to other sites
• Includes contributions from other helping professions
• Available for all interested parties and located on the AC website for convenience and accessibility
• Will be updated regularly

 

...deeply researched and thoughtful...expressed in clear language which unfolds and makes accessible the complexity of the ethical issues we face - and the insights and tools that will enable us to rise to the challenge. Henry Campion, Co-Visor  

 

An extremely thorough and helpful resource for supervisors and coaches. May I congratulate everyone on the team who has contributed to this significant contribution to the field and the development of our profession. Alison Hodge, executive coaching supervisor

 

Please send any feedback or comments to: [email protected] with the subject title: Ethical Resources 

Many thanks for your engagement and contributions.

 

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