Law and Ethics in Coaching: How to Solve -- and Avoid -- Difficult Problems in Your Practice

Preface.

1. The Profession of Coaching: Its Emergence and Intersection with Ethics and Law (Patrick Williams).

2. Foundations of Professional Ethics (Karen Colby Weiner).

3. Ethical Choice: An Outcome of Being, Becoming and Doing (Sharon K. Anderson, Heather T. Wagoner, and G. Kurt Moore).

4. Competence: Getting, Growing, and Measuring Coaching Ability (Margaret Krigbaum).

5. Developing and Maintaining Client Trust: Professional Focus, Clear Agreements, and Confidentiality (Dolly M. Garlo).

6. Multiple-Role Relationships in Coaching (Ofer Zur and Sharon K. Anderson).

7. Ethical Use of Assessments in Coaching (Debra Robinson).

8. Legal Issues and Solutions for Coaches (William H. Lindberg and Andrew R. Desmond).

9. The Intersection of Culture and Ethics (Marilyn O’Hearne and Charles Hamrick).

10. Coaching to Come (Patrick Williams, William H. Lindberg, and Sharon K. Anderson).

Appendix A: ICF Code of Ethics.

Appendix B: Professional Coaching Language for Greater Public Understanding (David Mathew Prior).

Index.