Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this work was to develop a code of ethics for sport coaches of sports boards in the Markazi Province.
Methodology: The research method was a descriptive-survey one, and in terms of the applied purpose. The statistical population consisted of the active coaches of sport boards in the Markazi Province (2188) coaches, 327 of which were selected by stratified random sampling as the statistical sample. The data was collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. The contet validity of the questionnaire was checked with 10 persons of the faculty members. The reliability of the questionnaire was assessed using the Cronbach's alpha test. The data was analyzed using the t-test and the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis test.
Results: According to the results obtained, 34 indicators were confirmed in 8 factors including relying on God, fair play, patriotic, honesty, legality and health work, coherence and empathy, trust and coherence, and financial transparency and healthy relationships for ethical charter of the sport coaches in the Markazi sport boards.
Conclusion: The ethical charter pattern developed for the coaches in the Markazi Province sport boards was fit goodness. Hence, it is suggested that the ethical charter be used to promote ethics in the coaching profession.

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