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American Psychological Association - Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct


Nov 03, 2021


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The APA had to update their code after the revelations of psychologists working for the CIA and their subcontractors. The latest was in 2016.
3.04 Avoiding Harm
(a) Psychologists take reasonable steps to avoid harming their clients/patients, students, supervisees, research participants, organizational clients, and others with whom they work, and to minimize harm where it is foreseeable and unavoidable.
(b) Psychologists do not participate in, facilitate, assist, or otherwise engage in torture, defined as any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person, or in any other cruel, inhuman, or degrading behavior that violates 3.04(a).
https://www.apa.org/ethics/code

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