Standard 10 of the Ethics Code addresses ethical standards set by the association relates to therapy. It includes standards 10.01 through 10.10 (Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct: Including 2010 Amendments, 2010). This section states the American Psychological Association’s directives on obtaining informed consent for therapy, ethically treating couples or families, how to be ethical in group therapy, providing therapy to those served by others, sexual intimacies with current patients or relatives of current clients, therapy with former sexual partners, sexual intimacy with former clients, and how to ethically interrupt or terminate therapy (Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct: Including 2010 Amendments,
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In her article, she explains how many of the state mandates for continuing education differ from state to state and how the American Psychological Association’s Ethics Code demands that psychologists go above and beyond the expectations of the law and uphold exceptional standards of conduct. For example, The Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act does not require psychologists in Illinois to attend any continuing education after licensure (Dean, 2010); however, the Ethics Code set forth by the APA in Standard 2 which sets the guidelines for a psychologist’s boundaries of competence within their services. It dictates that psychologists only practice within the boundaries of their own competence (Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct: Including 2010 Amendments, 2010). The Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act is in direct conflict with the Ethics Code in this instance because, as Dean (2010) states, “the knowledge available to practicing psychologists is constantly growing and changing, making competency a lifelong goal that is never quite satisfied” (Dean, 2010). To give the best possible care to clients in the most ethical manner possible, psychologists must stay current in their knowledge of recent research, literature, and …show more content…
His research includes data from Milgram’s classic obedience experiments on situational forces on human behavior and the lack of ethical training in criminal justice coursework. The role of the researcher and the fact that most of the volunteers are under custodial supervision brings questions about whether or not they are able to legitimately volunteer themselves for any research participation. Another conflict is confidentiality. Ethically, researchers are obligated to protect the information that they receive during research. If they do not adhere to the standards that mandate confidentiality, the information may be used against participants in legal proceedings and eliminates reliability. Researchers are often subpoenaed to testify after gathering sensitive data, creating a conflict between the legal system and their own Ethics Codes pertaining to confidentiality, further confusing the subject of informed consent and confidentiality as they pertain to research in the criminal justice system (Jones,
In her article, she explains how many of the state mandates for continuing education differ from state to state and how the American Psychological Association’s Ethics Code demands that psychologists go above and beyond the expectations of the law and uphold exceptional standards of conduct. For example, The Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act does not require psychologists in Illinois to attend any continuing education after licensure (Dean, 2010); however, the Ethics Code set forth by the APA in Standard 2 which sets the guidelines for a psychologist’s boundaries of competence within their services. It dictates that psychologists only practice within the boundaries of their own competence (Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct: Including 2010 Amendments, 2010). The Clinical Psychologist Licensing Act is in direct conflict with the Ethics Code in this instance because, as Dean (2010) states, “the knowledge available to practicing psychologists is constantly growing and changing, making competency a lifelong goal that is never quite satisfied” (Dean, 2010). To give the best possible care to clients in the most ethical manner possible, psychologists must stay current in their knowledge of recent research, literature, and …show more content…
His research includes data from Milgram’s classic obedience experiments on situational forces on human behavior and the lack of ethical training in criminal justice coursework. The role of the researcher and the fact that most of the volunteers are under custodial supervision brings questions about whether or not they are able to legitimately volunteer themselves for any research participation. Another conflict is confidentiality. Ethically, researchers are obligated to protect the information that they receive during research. If they do not adhere to the standards that mandate confidentiality, the information may be used against participants in legal proceedings and eliminates reliability. Researchers are often subpoenaed to testify after gathering sensitive data, creating a conflict between the legal system and their own Ethics Codes pertaining to confidentiality, further confusing the subject of informed consent and confidentiality as they pertain to research in the criminal justice system (Jones,