Motivational Connection

Section 1: Professional Conduct As a Coach

1. I will not knowingly make any public statement that is untrue or misleading about what I offer as a coach, or make false claims in any written documents relating to the coaching profession or my credentials.

2. I will accurately identify my coaching qualifications, expertise, experience, certifications and LCIOC credentials.

3. I will recognize and honor the efforts and contributions of others and not misrepresent them as my own. I understand that violating this standard my leave me sugject to legal remedy by a third party. 

4. I will, at all times, strive to recognize personal issues that may impair, conflict, or interfere with my coaching performance or my professional coaching relationships. Whenever the facts and circumstances necessitate, I will prompltly seek professional assistance and determine the action to be taken, inclucing whether it is approropriate to suspend or terminate my coaching relationship(s).

5. I will conduct myself in accordance with the LCIOC Code of Ethics in all coach training, coach mentoring, and coach supervisory activities.

6. I will conduct and report research with competence, honestly, and within recognized scientific standards and applicable subject guidelines.  My research will be carried out with the necessary consent and approval of those involved, and with an approach that will protect participants from any potential harm. All research efforts will be performed in a manner that complies with all the applicable laws of the country in which the research is conducted.

7. I will maintain, store, and dispose of any records created during my coaching business in a manner that promotes confidentiality, security, and privacy, and complies iwth any applicable laws and agreements.

 

Section 2: Conflicts of Interest As a Coach

8. I will seek to avoid conflicts of interest and potential conflicts of interest and openly disclose any such conflicts. I will offer to remove myself when such a conflict arises.

9. I will disclose to my client all anticipated compensation from thrid parties that I may pay or receive for refererrals of that client.

10. I will only barter for services, goods or other non-monetary remuneration when it will not impair the coaching relationship.

11. I will not knowingly take any personal, professional, or monetary advantage or benefit of the coaching-client relationship, except by a form of compensation as agreed in the agreement or contract.

 

Section 3: Professional Conduct with Clients As a Coach

12. I will not knowingly mislead or make false claims about what my client will receive from the coaching process or from me as the coach.

13. I will not give my prospective clients or sponsors information or advice I know or believe to be misleading or false.

14. I will have clear agreements or contracts with my clients and I will honor all agreements or contracts made in the context of professional coaching relationships.

15. I will carefully explain and strive to ensure that, prior to or at the inital meeting, my coaching client understand the nature of coaching, the nature of limits of confidentiality, financial arrangements, and any other terms of the coaching agreement or contract. 

16. I will be responsible for setting clear, appropriate, and culturally sensitive boundaries that govern any physical contact I amy have with my clients or sponsors. 

17. I will not become sexually intimate with any of my current clients.

18. I will respect the client's right to terminate the coaching relationship at any point during the process, subject to the provisions of the agreement or contract. I will be alert to indications that the client is no longer benefiting from our coaching relationship.

19. I will encourage the client to make a change if I believe the client or sponsor would be better served by another coach or by another resource.

20. I will suggest my client seek the services of other professionals when deemed necessary or appropriate.

 

Section 4: Confidentiality/Privacy

21. I will maintain the strictest levels of confidentiality with all client and sponsor information.  I will have a clear agreement or contract before releasing information to another person, unless required by law. 

22. I will have a clear agreement upon how coaching information will be exchanged among coach and client.

23. When acting as a trainer of student coaches, I will clarify confidentiality policies with students. 

24. I will have associated coaches and other persons whom I manage in service of clients, in a paid or volunteeer capacity make clear agreements or contracts to adher to the LCIOC Code of Ethics Part (Life Coach Institute of Orange County, 2016).