Ethics

Ethics and Laws

Source: PAP, APA
o DO not conduct study that involves deception Therapy
unless they have justified the use of deceptive o When conducting or providing services to several
techniques in the study persons who have a relationship, they should clarify
▪ Must be discussed as early as possible and which of them is the clients and the relationship
not during the conclusion of data collection he/she will have with each person
o They must give opportunity to the participants
about the nature, results, and conclusions of ▪ If conflicting roles would arise, he/she must
the research and make sure that there are no clarify, modify, or withdraw from roles
misconceptions about the research appropriately
o Must ensure the safety and minimize the o Psychologists do not engage in sexual
discomfort, infection, illness, and pain of animal intimacies with former clients/patients for AT
subjects LEAST TWO YEARS after termination of therapy
▪ If so, procedures must be justified and be as o Terminate therapy when the client no longer
minimal as possible needs the service, is not likely to benefit, or is
▪ During termination, they must do it rapidly being harmed by continued service
and minimize the pain ▪ Also, when threatened or endangered by the
o Must no present portions of another’s work or client
data as their own ▪ Must provide pretermination counseling and
▪ Must take responsibility and credit, including suggest alternative service providers as
authorship credit, only for work they have appropriate
actually performed or to which they have [ PAP ] Ethics
substantially contributed General Principles
▪ Faculty advisors discuss publication credit
I. Respect for Dignity of - Respect for all human
with students as early as possible diversity,
Persons and Peoples beings,
o After publishing, they should not withhold data culture, beliefs
from other competent professionals who - free and informed
intends to reanalyze the data consent
▪ Shared data must be used only for the - privacy, fairness, and
declared purpose justice
Assessment II. Competent Caring for - working for their
o Opinions written on recommendations, reports, the Well-being of benefit and do no harm
and diagnostic or evaluative statements must Persons and Peoples
be based and sufficient to their findings III. Integrity - honesty, truthfulness,
o Only provide statements after conducting open and accurate
examinations to support their statements communication
o Informed Consent, except: - appropriate
✓ Mandated by law
professional
✓ Routine
boundaries, multiple
✓ Evaluating decisional capacity
relationships, and
▪ If the person has a questionable capacity to
conflicts of interest
consent, it must be obtained using the IV. Professional and - contributing
language that is reasonably understandable Scientific knowledge about
to the person being assessed affairs
Responsibilities to human behavior with
o release,
In the absence of client/patient Society - conducting ethical
psychologists must provide test data only as within society
required by law highest
o Psychological assessment techniques done by standards
unqualified persons, except during training o If conflicts cannot be solved by ethics, we
purposes, given it is supervised adhere to the law, regulations, or governing
legal authority