How to Learn the Code of Ethics and Core Values
8 CCE Units (Core Competency)
If you are ready to dive into learning the ethics and values of your profession, you’ve come to the right place.
This program is based on the
ICF Code of Ethics and the ICF Core Values.
Maybe you plan to use this program as one component for your study for the ICF Credentialing Exam. Or perhaps you are looking for a creative way to get familiar with ethics and values that goes beyond simply reading them.
How to Learn the Code of Ethics and the Core Values – 32 Fun Activities to Get You Started will help you cement your learning regardless of your motivation.
When one coach grows,
we all grow.
The downloadable booklet will help you learn and retain the Ethical Standards in the Code of Ethics and the four Core Values of Professionalism, Collaboration, Humanity, and Equity.
I’ve designed this tool to be easy and fun to use. You can return to the materials again and again whenever you feel your knowledge slipping.
These visual and tactile activities will keep you focused, and they are fun too.
How to Learn the
Code of Ethics and Core Values –
32 Fun Activities to Get You Started
When you become an ICF member or an ICF credential holder, you agree to abide by the Code of Ethics, and align with the Core Values set out by the organization.
I believe that it’s not enough to just read the documents and check the box. We need to integrate and embody these principles. That can only happen when we spend time learning them to a level that allows us to recall them quickly and easily.
The written credentialing exam includes questions relating to ethics and values so learning this material is a critical aspect of exam preparation.
The booklet is comprised of thirty-two tactile activities designed to ground your learning of the ICF Code of Ethics and ICF Core Values. You will discover a variety of interactive exercises to make your learning fun. Whether simple, or more challenging, each tool can be used again and again to aid you in learning and retaining wording of the ethics and values.
How to Learn the Code of Ethics and Core Values – 32 Fun Activities to Get You Started includes a variety of downloadable quizzes, flashcards and puzzles that you can print and use to build your learning plan.
Just print, grab a pencil and start learning!
What’s Included in this Self-Study Resource?
- Two sets of ICF Competency Flash Cards that are digital, downloadable and ready to print
- A comprehensive booklet (over 100 pages) with loads of interactive activities that you can download, print and use again and again in whatever way works best for you
- A downloadable and printable answer key to check your work
- A downloadable ICF Code of Ethics
- A downloadable ICF Core Values
Using this resource, you can claim ICF Resource Development CCE units for your time!
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Frequently Asked Questions
Your Instructor
Hello! I am Cathy Shaughnessy, and I am excited to share these resources with you!
I have spent my entire career in corporate training and development, winning several awards from the Canadian Society of Training and Development.
As a coach, I am an ICF Prism Award winner, providing executive coaching for corporate leaders.
As an ICF Assessor, I conduct performance evaluations of coach credential submissions in accordance with ICF assessor standards and practices.
As a trained Mentor Coach, I provide group and individual mentor coaching for credentialing coaches.
I have developed these resources to help coaches like you get up-to-speed on the updated ICF Competencies and Markers fast and help you prepare for performance evaluations and the ICF Credentialing Exam.