国际教练联盟(ICF)是全球领先的教练协会。ICF由六个关系组织(FOS)组成,它们共同形成ICF生态系统。这六个FOS为:ICF专业教练、ICF认证与标准、ICF教练教育、ICF基金会、ICF组织内教练、以及ICF思维领导学院。ICF全球董事会为完整的ICF生态系统提供战略方向与协调。基于其使命与责任,ICF提供一套道德规范,无论其身份是ICF从业人士(见定义)或其他角色,在ICF生态系统中所有人都需遵守的专业行为道德标准。由ICF道德规范所规制界角色与责任包含ICF从业人士、ICF员工(见定义)、志愿者、ICF董事会成员、ICF实践社群的领导人员,以及ICF全球委员会、任务小组与核心团队的成员(不论是否为ICF从业人士)。ICF道德规范将国际教练联盟的核心价值(ICF Core Values)纳入为理解ICF道德规范、道德原则与行为标准的基础。ICF道德规范的目的是为了维护ICF与全球教练行业的诚信,方式包括:设立与ICF核心价值与道德准则一致的行为标准;引导道德反思、教育与决策;通过ICF道德行为审查(ECR)程序裁决并维护ICF的道德标准;提供ICF道德规范的培训和学习的基础,这些培训和学习是ICF认证课程的一部分。本道德规范旨在协助受其规制界人,在需要进行道德推理与决策时,参考应考虑的道德因素、价值与原则。当人们在专业互动中表示自己属于ICF生态系统与/或ICF从业人士时,ICF道德规范即适用。在遵循道德准则的过程中,存在相应的挑战。ICF生态系统中的人们难免会面临需要对突发问题作出回应、解决两难情境与问题的情形。ICF生态系统中的人们努力遵循道德准则,即便这样做需具备勇气并作出困难的决定,以在与其利害关系人的互动中秉持「行善」(DO GOOD)原则。本规范的第4部分阐述ICF从业人士在其不同角色中(如教练、教练督导、导师教练、讲师与教练培训生)所需承担的道德义务。ICF独立审查委员会透过道德行为审查(ECR)程序维护本道德规范,该程序适用于所有ICF从业人士。ICF要求所有持证ICF从业人士持续进行道德教育与培训。此外,ICF认证教练教育课程也须提供道德培训,因ICF认为道德是教练职业的基础要素。本道德规范适用于所有属于ICF生态系统的个人或实体。任何属于ICF生态系统的个人或实体皆不得选择不受任何部分或条款之约束,也不得删除、修改或变更本规范中的任何条文。
The International Coaching Federation (ICF) is the world's leading coaching association. The ICF is made up of six family organizations (FOs). Together, they form the ICF Ecosystem. The FOs are: ICF Professional Coaches, ICF Credentials and Standards, ICF Coaching Education, ICF Foundation, ICF Coaching in Organizations, and the ICF Thought Leadership Institute. The ICF Global Board provides strategic direction for and coordination of the complete ICF ecosystem. Based on its mission and responsibility, ICF provides a code of ethics setting out ethical standards of professional conduct required to be adhered to by all within the ICF Ecosystem, whether acting as ICF professionals (see definition) or in any other capacity. The roles and responsibilities governed by the ICF Code of Ethics include ICF professionals, ICF staff (see definition), volunteers, members of ICF boards, leaders of ICF Communities of Practice, and members of ICF global committees, task forces, and core teams (whether they are ICF professionals or not). The ICF Code of Ethics incorporates the core values of the International Coaching Federation (ICF Core Values) as a foundation to understanding the ICF Code of Ethics, ethical principles, and ethical standards of conduct. The ICF Code of Ethics serves to uphold the integrity of ICF and the global coaching profession by: Setting standards of conduct consistent with ICF core values and ethical principles; Guiding ethical reflection, education, and decision-making; Adjudicating and preserving ICF ethical standards through the ICF Ethical Conduct Review (ECR) process; Providing the basis for ICF ethics training in ICF accredited programs. This Code of Ethics is intended to assist those persons subject to the Code by directing them to the ethical factors, values, and principles that need to be taken into consideration whenever they need to engage in ethical reasoning and ethical decision-making. The ICF Code of Ethics applies when people represent themselves as belonging within the ICF ecosystem and/or ICF professionals in their professional interactions. The challenge of working ethically means that those within the ICF ecosystem will inevitably encounter situations that require responses to unexpected issues, resolution of dilemmas, and solutions to problems. People within the ICF ecosystem strive to be ethical, even when doing so involves acting courageously and making difficult decisions that uphold the "DO GOOD" principle when it comes to their stakeholders. Part 4 of the Code articulates the ethical obligations of ICF professionals who are acting in their different roles as coach, coach supervisor, mentor coach, trainer, and student coach-in-training. The ICF Independent Review Board serves to uphold this Code of Ethics through the Ethical Conduct Review (ECR) process, which is applicable to all ICF professionals. ICF mandates that all credentialed ICF professionals have continuous ethical education and training. Furthermore, ICF accredited coaching education programs are required to provide ethics training as ICF considers ethics to be the foundational element of the coaching profession. The ICF Code applies to all individuals or entities falling within the ICF ecosystem. No individual or entity falling within the ICF ecosystem may opt out of any section or part of the Code, nor are they permitted to delete, modify, or amend any provisions within the Code.