Chapter 6
Multiple-Role Relationships in Coaching
Objective
As an emerging profession, coaching is facing the challenge of identifying, articulating, and guiding its practitioners in how to deal with wide-ranging areas of ethical issues, including dual relationships. This chapter defines multiple-role relationships, describes the different types of dual relationships that might take place between a coach and a client, provides examples, and discusses three professional coaching association ethics codes as they relate to multiple-role relationships. Additionally, this chapter provides guidelines for establishing and maintaining ethical coaching in multiple-role relationships.
Pre-Chapter Self-Assessment Test
1. Multiple-role relationships with a client in a coaching context means the coach has more than just a professional relationship with the client.
a. True
b. False
2. If a coach tries hard enough, she can and should avoid all multiple-role relationships with current clients.
a. True
b. False
3. Multiple-role relationships, even if they create a conflict of interest, are ethical for the coach to enter into as long as both parties understand the conflict of interest.
a. True
b. False
4. A dual role is exploitive in nature when the coach seeks to benefit himself.
a. True
b. False
5. Multiple-role relationships in coaching are normal and helpful because in life we have many roles with people who are potential clients.
a. True
b. False
6. Multiple-role ...