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31 - Ethics and Ethical Decision-Making in Coaching

Four Case Scenarios

from Section IV - Emerging Ethical Issues in Professional Practice and Next Steps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 February 2018

By
Sharon K. Anderson  and
Judy B. Smetana
Edited by
Mark M. Leach  and
Elizabeth Reynolds Welfel
Mark M. Leach
Affiliation:
University of Louisville, Kentucky
Elizabeth Reynolds Welfel
Affiliation:
Cleveland State University
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The Cambridge Handbook of Applied Psychological Ethics , pp. 637 - 658
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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