Making Ethical Decisions - Tennis Canada

Actions to Take in Situations That Have Legal ImplicationsA coach occupies a position of authority and, accordingly, has important legalresponsibilities. When a coach is confronted by a legal situation such as thosedescribed on the previous page, he/she has a duty to do something about it.This would involve:• Reporting the situation to the police, where the coach is aware of orreasonably suspects criminal or quasi-criminal activity.• Reporting the situation to child protection authorities, where a coachsuspects that a child has suffered physical or emotional harm, or is incircumstances where a risk of such harm exists.• Reporting the matter to the employer or to the organization having authorityover the persons involved in the conduct, for all other legal matters.© Coaching Association of Canada, 2003 6