If you’ve been working as a coach or a consultant for any length of time you have run into situations where you have to make a decision about what the “right” thing to do actually is. Sometimes, it is pretty obvious, sometimes, not so much. Some professional organizations have established standards that credentialed professionals promise to adhere to. The International Coaching Federation has the ICF Code of Ethics (https://coachingfederation.org/ethics/code-of-ethics), the Project Management Institute has a Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (https://www.pmi.org/about/ethics/code). In January of 2020 the Agile Alliance launched the Agile Coaching Ethics Initiative. In January of 2021, they launched a draft of their Code of Ethical Conduct for Agile Coaching along with a set of scenarios to help clarify what is, and is not an appropriate response in a variety of complicated situations.

In this interview Agile Coaching Ethics Initiative Co-Chair, Shane Hastie joins me to talk about how the initiative came to be, how the code and the scenarios work, and how they hope Agile coaches and practitioners will begin to use it. They are also looking for feedback on the draft and scenarios, so if you’ve got time to check them out, feedback would be greatly appreciated.

You can find the Agile Coaching Ethics Initiative here:
https://www.agilealliance.org/resources/initiatives/agile-coaching-ethics/

You can share your feedback or scenarios here:
AgileCoachingEthics@agilealliance.org

You can reach Shane Hastie here:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanehastie/
InfoQ: https://www.infoq.com/profile/Shane-Hastie/
ICAgile: https://www.icagile.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/shanehastie
Email: snhastie@gmail.com

Culture & Methods Trends Report March 2021
If you'd like to check out the InfoQ Culture & Methods Trends Report March 2021 to read more about the difference between good remote work and bad remote work:
https://www.infoq.com/articles/culture-trends-2021/

Agile Sustainability Conference
Shane is also giving a presentation on the Agile Coaching Ethics Initiative during the Agile Sustainability Conference which is being held virtually (hosted) in Singapore. The conference begins on April 15, 2021 and you can learn more about it here:
https://sustainagile.org/2021-sustainagility-conference/