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 Definition
Ethical practice and safeguarding in coaching refer to the coach’s commitment to uphold professional integrity, prioritise client wellbeing, and foster a safe, respectful, and confidential space for growth. More than a professional obligation, it is a cornerstone of effective coaching. Clients often disclose deeply personal aspirations and challenges they may not share elsewhere, highlighting the need for robust safeguarding. As Mayhead (2023) notes, “duty of care encompasses both ethical and legal dimensions concerned with how individuals act in relation to promoting the welfare of others.”
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- Association for Coaching (2022) Ethical Coaching Practices: Case Study Series. London: AC.
- 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.
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