{"id":5428,"date":"2015-01-12T06:03:33","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T06:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/centerforcoachingcertification.com\/coachingblog\/?p=5428"},"modified":"2022-10-11T18:25:40","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T18:25:40","slug":"coach-transparency-about-ethics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/coach-transparency-about-ethics\/","title":{"rendered":"Coach Transparency About Ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Coach_Transparency_About_Ethics.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Coach_Transparency_About_Ethics.jpg\" alt=\"Coach_Transparency_About_Ethics\" width=\"178\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Coach_Transparency_About_Ethics.jpg 178w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Coach_Transparency_About_Ethics-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Coach_Transparency_About_Ethics-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/a>The Code of Ethics from the International Coach Federation is essential for coaching &#8211; both for how the coach operates and for how the client is treated.\u00a0 Unfortunately, there are coaches who have no training or inadequate training on the Code of Ethics.<\/p>\n<p>The coaching profession as a whole will either be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/will-coaching-become-regulated\/\">regulated<\/a> by government or it will successfully self-regulate.\u00a0 The International Coach Federation is working hard for self-regulation and is the gold standard in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_Xcv_a7-GFw\">the coaching profession<\/a>.\u00a0 The good news is that this means, for coaches and clients alike, that the measure for ethics and transparency is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.CoachCert.com\/coachingblog\/coaching-professionals-and-icf\/\">membership in the ICF<\/a> and the promotion of the Code of Ethics.<\/p>\n<p>Ideally each coach includes the Code of Ethics, or a link to it, on their website and with their coaching agreement.\u00a0 Prior to engaging in the coaching relationship, the coach initiates a conversation with the prospective client that covers key points from the Code of Ethics.<\/p>\n<p>If a coach does not <a href=\"http:\/\/managementhelp.org\/businessethics\/\">address ethics<\/a> on their website, in their agreement, and in conversation, then it is likely a red flag &#8211; so start asking questions.<\/p>\n<p>Coaches &#8211; the more each of us promotes and discusses ethics the more we differentiate ourselves and enhance the profession as a whole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Code of Ethics from the International Coach Federation is essential for coaching &#8211; both for how the coach operates and for how the client &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,40],"tags":[70,69,77,48,71,45,50,75,54,55,81,49,80,88,118,115,56,117],"class_list":["post-5428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-tools-and-techniques","tag-achieve-and-sustain-excellence","tag-business-development","tag-client","tag-coach","tag-coach-marketing-strategies","tag-coaches","tag-coaching","tag-coaching-agreement","tag-coaching-business","tag-coaching-services","tag-coaching-success","tag-code-of-ethics","tag-core-competency","tag-effective-coaching","tag-executive-coach-certification","tag-icf-approved-coach-training","tag-internal-coaching","tag-life-coaching-certification","latest_post"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5428"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11227,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5428\/revisions\/11227"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coachcert.com\/coachingblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}