Ethics and Executive Coaching: An Agency Theory Approach
In recent years executive coaching has become an important management development practice in many organizations. Executive coaching is a partnership between a management level client and a coach hired by an organization to assist the executive in becoming a more effective and successful manager. While executive coaching has become a frequent and important practice in organizations, there has been relatively little serious consideration of the complex ethical issues that arise for persons and organizations. This study proposes that executive coaching involves an agency relation with specific moral duties that go beyond the usual standards of professional ethics. Agency theory, and in particular a focused understanding of the agency relationship, can provide a needed ethical grounding and basis for moral thinking about executive coaching. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2013
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2013
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Authors: | Hannafey, Francis ; Vitulano, Lawrence |
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Journal of Business Ethics. - Springer, ISSN 0167-4544. - Vol. 115.2013, 3, p. 599-603
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Springer |
Subject: | Agency theory | Coaching | Executive coaching | Management consulting | Management development | Organizational ethics |
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