Ethical Coaching & Safeguarding


Ethical practice and safeguarding are vital to high-quality coaching. They ensure client wellbeing, confidentiality, and trust through clear boundaries, legal compliance, and adherence to professional standards. Together, they protect both client and coach, fostering safe, accountable, and effective coaching relationships.

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Ethical Coaching & Safeguarding

Ethical Coaching & Safeguarding Definition

Ethical practice and safeguarding in coaching centre on the coach’s responsibility to uphold professional integrity, prioritise client wellbeing, and create a safe, respectful, and confidential environment for learning and growth. Safeguarding is not merely a professional requirement but a foundation of effective coaching, as clients often share personal aspirations and sensitive challenges that may not be disclosed elsewhere. A coach’s duty of care spans both ethical and legal dimensions, requiring actions that actively promote and protect the welfare of others.

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  • CIPD (2021) Coaching and Mentoring. London: CIPD.
  • Clutterbuck, D. (2020) Coaching the Team at Work 2: The definitive guide to team coaching. London: Nicholas Brealey.
  • Cox, E., Bachkirova, T. and Clutterbuck, D. (2018) The Complete Handbook of Coaching. 3rd edn. London: Sage.
  • de Haan, E., Duckworth, A., Birch, D. and Jones, C. (2013) ‘Executive coaching outcome research: the predictive value of common factors such as relationship, personality match and self‑efficacy’, Consulting Psychology Journal: Practice and Research, 65(1), pp. 40–57. doi: 10.1037/a0031635

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