Making Ethical Decisions - Tennis Canada

Personal Circumstances• Does the decision have the potential to impact on your employment status?(Does your decision impact on someone who has an interest in the team but alsocontrols your employment status?)• How might your decision impact on the development of your coaching career?• How might your decision impact on your reputation in the club/sport/situation?(Will your decision alter peoples’ views of your coaching approach?)This does not appear tomake sense…External Factors of InfluenceExternal influences are those that arise from society, or from the environment in whichthe individual who is faced with making the decision lives.Economics and Politics• How might your decision impact on the economic situation of your team/club?(e.g., types of sponsorship – tobacco).• What are the political influences and/or ramifications of your decision? (genderissues)Severity of Situation• How immediate is the need to make a decision? (e.g., is the safety of anindividual at stake?)• Would delaying the decision be potentially harmful?• Who and how many people will be affected, and in what way?Organizational and Institutional• Do the values of the coach match those of the administration or the decisionmakersin the club setting?• Does the decision impact on others in other organizations and how will thedecision affect relationships?• Do the coach’s values match those of the community?• Does the coach have values that contrast with wider societal values?© Coaching Association of Canada, 2003 18