APECS Ethical Stance

APECS Ethical Guidelines

Ethical Guidelines

APECS endorse and are signatories of 'The Global Code of Ethics for Coaches, Mentors and Supervisors' in partnership with other international and national membership bodies.

APECS Equity Diversity & Inclusion

Equity Diversity & Inclusion

This purpose is consistent with the purpose of APECS, to ensure that in a complex world, organisations are enabled to use coaching and supervision to deliver ethical and sustainable development.

APECS Climate Change

Climate Change

On 29th May 2020 APECS announced that, along with four other leading coaching, mentoring and supervision professional bodies, AC, APAC, EMCC, and the ICF, we had signed a global statement committing ourselves to collaborative action and a collective voice on the current climate and biodiversity crisis.

APECS Complaints Procedure

Complaints Procedure

A complaint may be made against a member of APECS by a member of the public, another APECS member, a client of an APECS member, an involved buyer of coaching or a coaching supervisor.

APECS Ethical Guidelines

Ethical Guidelines

 

APECS Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Group Positioning Statement

PURPOSE

The purpose of the Group is to champion and integrate awareness and appreciation of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) at the heart of Coaching and Supervision globally. This involves creating an environment characterised by belonging, respect for individual identity and preferences, psychological safety, openness and equity.

This purpose is consistent with the purpose of APECS, to ensure that in a complex world, organisations are enabled to use coaching and supervision to deliver ethical and sustainable development.

OBJECTIVES

The Group’s objective is to generate enquiry and community dialogue within APECS whilst promoting thinking and best practice. We will do this by:

  • Offering APECS members opportunities to share their knowledge and lived experiences of ED&I with other APECS members.

  • Learning, and then sharing, how APECS members have responded and expect to respond to emerging global expectations of Executive Coaching and Supervision.

  • Engaging with members’ perspectives to increase APECS’ awareness of global coaching practices and needs.

  • Offering good practice guidance and information so that ED&I are appropriately addressed by the wider coaching profession.

  • Sharing thought leadership on the role that the coaching profession can play in influencing ED&I practices when working with leaders and systems.

  • Encourage and support sustainable organisational ED&I ecosystems that, through coaching, develop appreciation of the individual values, beliefs, and cultures of others.

APECS Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Group Positioning Statement will continue to evolve and is a work in progress reflecting good practice and new initiatives. We encourage all our members to fully engage with the ED&I Positioning Statement and to provide us with their thoughts and comments, so that we can remain current in a world in flux.

Prepared by:

Barbara StClaire-Ostwald
Rajwant Bains
Steve Couch
Carolyn Didsbury
Will James
Sasi Panchal
Ian Ross
Heike Saxer-Taylor
Sue Young

23 February, 2022

 

A joint Global statement on Climate Change

On 29th May 2020 APECS announced that, along with four other leading coaching, mentoring and supervision professional bodies, AC, APAC, EMCC, and the ICF, we had signed a global statement committing ourselves to collaborative action and a collective voice on the current climate and biodiversity crisis.

APECS has always held at its heart a systemic view to inform our practice. And we have held events open to members and guests that reflect our awareness and concern for global issues such as the climate emergency, ESG and AI. This reflects alignment in spirit and action to our stated purpose that:

“APECS exists to ensure that in a complex world, organisations are enabled to use coaching and supervision to deliver ethical and sustainable development.”

In our announcement we talked of the need for collaboration in the wake of the climate crises that we all face, allying with likeminded bodies equally moved by the spirit of pursuing a greater collective good. And we invited questions and thought from our members.

Updates to the joint statement

The global statement now has eleven leading coaching, coaching psychology, mentoring and supervision professional bodies who have signed the Joint Global Statement on Climate Change who have all committed to a collective voice and collaborative action on the climate and ecological crisis in this unique collaboration.

The 11 bodies are the AC, AoCS, APAC, APECS, COMENSA, EASC, EMCC, IAC, ICF, ICSP and IOC. Given our role in developing individuals and organisations in the service of creating social value, we have pledged to work together to play our part in addressing this emergency. We share a commitment to raising awareness and knowledge with our members and to providing safe and challenging spaces for them to reflect on their role and their practice in the light of global challenges.

You can find the up to date statement here.

Additionally, you can find more information on the dedicated website owned by all 11 signatories here: https://www.jgsg.one/

You can also find resources on coaching and climate change on the APECS website here.

 

Complaints Procedure