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The American Psychological Association (APA) Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct (for short, the Ethics Code, as referred to by the APA) includes an introduction, preamble, a list of five aspirational principles and a list of ten enforceable standards that psychologists use to guide ethical decisions in practice, research, and education.
American Psychological Association (APA) style is a set of rules developed to assist reading comprehension in the social and behavioral sciences. Used to ensure clarity of communication, the layout is designed to "move the idea forward with a minimum of distraction and a maximum of precision."
Gerald Paul Koocher (born March 13, 1947) is an American psychologist and past president of the American Psychological Association (APA). His interests include ethics, clinical child psychology and the study of scientific misconduct. He is Dean Emeritus Simmons University and also holds an academic appointment at Harvard Medical School.
It is considered very similar to the APA's Code. [73] In the UK the British Psychological Society has published a Code of Conduct and Ethics for clinical psychologists. This has four key areas: Respect, Competence, Responsibility and Integrity. [74] Other European professional organizations have similar codes of conduct and ethics.
In 1908, the ABA's Committee on Code of Professional Ethics delivered the "Canons of Professional Ethics", which set forth general principles and responsibilities for members of the legal profession. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] The Canons drew heavily from the Alabama State Bar Association 's 1887 Code of Ethics. [ 28 ]
In its 2007 International Good Practice Guidance, "Defining and Developing an Effective Code of Conduct for Organizations", provided the following working definition: "Principles, values, standards, or rules of behaviour that guide the decisions, procedures, and systems of an organization in a way that (a) contributes to the welfare of its key stakeholders, and (b) respects the rights of all ...
The APA ethics code [4] outlines many professional guidelines for clinicians including the maintenance of confidentiality, minimizing intrusions to privacy, and obtaining informed consent. Informed consent ensures the client has an adequate understanding of the techniques and procedures that will be used during therapy, expected timeline for ...
www.apa.org /pubs /databases /psycinfo /coverage.aspx PsycINFO is a database of abstracts of literature in the field of psychology . It is produced by the American Psychological Association and distributed on the association's APA PsycNET and through third-party vendors.