Does ICF designate hours in Ethics?

Modified on Wed, Jan 29 at 2:55 PM

ICF does not designate specific hours for Ethics, except for the free Ethics course available on our website. Coaches can, however, list any Ethics-related training hours to meet this requirement on their renewal application.


If your Chapter hosts training that qualifies as Ethics-related, they can inform participants they may use it for their Ethics requirement. It’s helpful to use a clearly ethics-related title for the event. However, they should not specify on the certificate that these are Ethics hours.


Coaches can choose to fulfill their Ethics requirement using the global course or other training. In such cases, your event should simply be designated as Core Competency hours.

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