IN Ethical Standard and IN Certification

The IN seal certifies that the criteria for the IN ethics Standard and the IN certification guidelines have been met.
The IN-Ethical Standard is based on the IN-Principles and the IN-Outcome.

IN Principles

The IN is based on the fundamental ideas of NLP:

• Modeling: competence through experience

• effective, efficient, and successful

• increasing options and flexibility

• Awareness leads to more choices

• constant development and improvement

• as simple as possible

IN Outcome

Members of the IN:

• share experience among successful NLP Institutes on an international level in order to work together and learn from each other 

• support each other in order to use and teach NLP in an ethically and ecologically sound way within the framework of win-win-thinking

• further develop NLP on the basis of being motivation and the freedom of options beginning at the 7th Graves-level (e.g. creating choices, systemic thinking)

• mutually acknowledge the IN NLP standard certifications

• work together in establishing new certifications such as: "NLP Sport Practitioner, IN", "NLP Business Master, IN", "NLP Health Trainer, IN" or "NLP Mediator, IN".

In voting on a particular issue, the members with the greatest experience in the pertinent area make the decisions while considering the voiced concerns of all other members. The process of voting on issues is guided by the fundamental ideas of NLP, being motivation and the freedom of options beginning at the 7th Graves-level.

Code of Ethics
of the Member Institutes
of the International Association of NLP Institutes (IN) and its Trainers

This Code of Ethics is an expression of the mission of IN and of the personal commitment of the IN members. It is the basis of our understanding of high quality work and of interpersonal communication. We are committed to high ethical standards on the 7th Graves-level and to adhering to these standards in our efforts to forster the well-being of all humanity and the maintenance of justice and peace worldwide.

IN Member Institutes and their Trainers

and the NLP Master trainers who are entitled to seal in cooperation with an experienced IN member institutes

• commit to the protection of human dignity, based on the belief that all humans possess inalienable rights, regardless of personal capabilities

• commit to consciously and ecologically use their knowledge in the best interest of all human beings, regardless of gender, skin color, religious beliefs, or nationality

• support human beings in their perception of personal responsibility and are at the same time aware of their responsibilities as trainers in their interactions with participants

• proactively response to false or misleading representations of NLP and/or of IN, in order to ensure that NLP and/or IN are represented fairly and accurately to the general public

• are aware of their responsibility and use their credibility, status, academic title, membership or authority in order to make NLP known worldwide in a positive and respectable way

• recognize and respect the unique personality and socio-biographical uniqueness of each human being - this includes the right of each person to make his or her own choices, while respecting the rights of others

• view each person as a holistic being who integrates body, mind and spirit, and adapt their training methods accordingly

• are actively engaged in the development of society and the world and assume a special responsibility

• are aware that they influence the attitudes and the personal development of their participants. 

• encourage in the context of their professional interactions the questioning of altitudinal patterns and positions, encourage the feasibility of new views and influence behavioral change

• are committed to treating all personal information which is conveyed to them in the context of their occupational actions as confidential

• are aware of societal developments - this awareness is reflected in their constant striving to keep their skills, knowledge, and methodical capabilities up to date, and to thus ensure the highest standards possible

• assume responsibility for their own continuous training and supervision and regularly seek exchange with colleagues

• view their work in a larger context

• use their work as a contribution to the development of a sustainable society

• use methods that are in accord with the view of human beings as expressed in this code of ethics

• institutions or groups whose attitudes and beliefs are not in accordance with to the positions expressed in this code of ethics

• refrain from all forms of repression of their participants. They treat all participants with respect and appreciation

• commit to the principles of truth, clarity, and confidentiality in their interactions with clients and participants

• present their trainings in an accurate manner. This includes conveying one’s own methodical capabilities and declaring which methods one employs during the training

• are self-critically aware of the limits of their own capabilities and do not offer any services that exceed their professional competencies

• treat all colleagues with respect and appreciation. When they criticize colleagues, they do so in a constructive and fair manner

• adhere to the societal rules and the ethical standards of the community in which they work

• avoid misleading statements about their own professional qualifications and intentions or their connections or membership in organizations