Ethics
All the professional bodies have their own ethics codes – ICF, EMCC, Association for Coaching … and then you add that to the complexity of working in organisations where there are lots of questions and no easy answers.

2021 Ethics Special
This is a brilliant bumper episode from The Coaching Inn

Ethicability by Roger Steare
Everyone should read this - there’s just enough in it to really help us ask the ethical questions.

Masterclass 2.8 Ethics
Ethics is in everything, listen to this masterclass with Claire Pedrick MCC.

In conversation with Kirsty Elderton - Disaster Ethics
Claire Pedrick MCC is talking to Kirsty Elderton about disaster ethics
What do you need to be thinking about?
Scenario, Clients, Action & Reflection
Other useful Resources
3D Ideas 973 : Keep it Simple
Claire writes: “After the indulgence of the Christmas season, it seems appropriate to advocate simplifying as we enter a new year! The irony about coaching is that it’s very simple and people often don’t understand what’s different about coaching from other...
3D Ideas 972 : Keep it Clean
Claire writes: “Every time we get to the second practice in our coaching training - Transforming Conversations (Building a Coaching Culture), we hear people working very hard trying not to advise. This sounds messy and causes plenty of confusion. It often starts...
3D Ideas 971 : Be realistic
Claire writes: “It’s not unusual for people to come to one to one conversations hoping that we can help them achieve amazing things! And asking someone what they would like to be different by the end of a conversation can evoke all kinds of answers including: I want...
3D Ideas 970: Remember The Know
Claire writes: “‘How much do we need to remember when someone comes to us for a conversation?’ is something I get asked all the time. My philosophy is that in coaching, people will remember the facts themselves - they’ve lived in x, y, z place and worked for a,b,c. ...
3D Ideas 969 : Try It Out
Claire writes: “The biggest challenge, I think, with talking professions is that we talk about things! Einstein said that ‘you can’t solve a problem in the frame in which it was created’. Given that all sorts get tangled up through words, it’s useful, I think to...
3D Ideas 968 : Back and Forth
Claire writes: “How many times have you been in conversation with someone and thought ‘that’s not what we agreed to talk about’ or ‘that’s not what we said we would do in this conversation’? The temptation is to take them back to the beginning and say ‘when we...
3D Ideas 967: Present Tense
Claire writes: “As part of our preparation to walk The Camino in 2022, my friend Margaret is learning Spanish using the DuoLingo App. She’s learned about 250 words so far that should support us with finding food and shelter. And she’s only learning the...
3D Ideas 966: Dancing Season
Claire writes: “If you’re not a fan of the British Saturday Night Show, Strictly Come Dancing, you’re probably fed up with me talking about it in the blog and at The Coaching Inn! However, there is lots to learn from the world of dance about partnership in...
3D Ideas 965: Platform 9 3/4
Claire writes: “When Twitter was in its infancy, I met a US coach online. We had much in common and quite soon, we met at Platform 9 ¾ at Kings Cross station in London in order to share learning and deliver some training together. I’m delighted that J Val Hastings are...


