I am in the process of revamping our instructors code of conduct and ethics and doing a little research on teh matter, when I stumbled on this example from the British Taekwondo Council. http://www.tkdcouncil.com/Downloads/WEB-BTC Policy-CodeofConduct.pdf.
The BTC document made me think: do any of the big Taekwondo organizations in the U.S, or the Kukkiwon for that matter, have a published code of conduct and ethics for instructors? The document would cover such things as fair business practices, sexual harassment, client/student confidentiality, handling students records, professionalism, etc. Maybe I’ve just not been lucky, but I don’t recall ever getting any teaching or serious advise about these issues – which are very important for aspiring instructors and dojang owners – from several grandmasters and masters I’ve trained under.
What are your thoughts on the subject?
The BTC document made me think: do any of the big Taekwondo organizations in the U.S, or the Kukkiwon for that matter, have a published code of conduct and ethics for instructors? The document would cover such things as fair business practices, sexual harassment, client/student confidentiality, handling students records, professionalism, etc. Maybe I’ve just not been lucky, but I don’t recall ever getting any teaching or serious advise about these issues – which are very important for aspiring instructors and dojang owners – from several grandmasters and masters I’ve trained under.
What are your thoughts on the subject?