Code of Ethics for Psychologists
General Principles
1. Respect for human rights
psychologist refers to the exercise by the principles set relevant national, European and international respect for fundamental human rights, especially their dignity, their freedom and their protection. He practiced only with the informed consent of those concerned. Conversely, a person must be able to speak directly and freely to a psychologist. A psychologist shall preserve the privacy of individuals by ensuring compliance with professional secrecy, including from colleagues. It respects the fundamental principle that no person is required to reveal anything about himself.
2. Jurisdiction
The psychologist is of theoretical skills regularly updates, a continuing education and training to discern his personal involvement in the understanding of others. Each psychologist is any indication of his special qualifications and sets its own limits, given his training and experience. He denies any involvement when he knows not have the required skills.
3. Disclaimer
addition to the responsibilities defined by the common law, the psychologist has a professional responsibility. It focuses on ensuring that its actions comply with the rules of this Code. As part of his professional skills, the psychologist decides on the choice and application of psychological methods and techniques that designs and implements. It therefore meets personally for his choice and direct consequences of his actions and professional advice.
4. Probity
The psychologist has a duty of honesty in all professional relationships. This duty based adherence to ethical standards and its ongoing effort to refine its operations, its methods and set clear goals.
5. Scientific quality
The intervention methods chosen by the psychologist should be subject of a reasoned explanation of their theoretical foundations and their construction. Any assessment or any outcome must be an adversarial professionals among them.
6. Respect purpose assigned
methodological devices developed by the psychologist meet the grounds for its actions, and to them only. While building its intervention in respect of their intended purpose, the psychologist must consider the possible uses that can possibly be made by third parties.
7. Professional Independence
The psychologist can not alienate the independence necessary to exercise his profession in any form whatsoever.
conscience clause
In all the circumstances in which the psychologist finds it impossible to respect these principles, it is entitled to invoke the clause consciousness.
