APA Ethics Code

1. Resolving Ethical Issues

3. Human Relations

2. Competence

APA Ethics Code

4. Privacy & Confidentiality

6. Record Keeping & Fees

5. Advertising & other Public Statements

7. Education & Training

8. Research & Publication

9. Assessment

10. Therapy

1. Maintaining Confidentiality
2. Discussing the Limits of Confidentiality
3. Recording
4. Minimizing Intrusions on Privacy
5. Disclosures
6. Consultations
7. Use of Confidential Information for Didactic or Other Purposes

1. Design of Education and Training Programs
2. Descriptions of Education and Training Programs
3. Accuracy in Teaching
4. Student Disclosure of Personal Information
5. Mandatory Individual or Group Therapy
6. Assessing Student and Supervisee Performance
7. Sexual Relationships with Students and Supervisees

10.01 Informed Consent to Therapy10.02 Therapy Involving Couples or Families 10.03 Group Therapy 10.04 Providing Therapy to Those Served by Others 10.05 Sexual Intimacies with Current Therapy Clients/Patients 10.06 Sexual Intimacies with Relatives or Significant Others of Current Therapy Clients/Patients 10.07 Therapy with Former Sexual Partners 10.08 Sexual Intimacies with Former Therapy Clients/Patients 10.09 Interruption of Therapy 10.10 Terminating Therapy

1. Unfair Discrimination
2. Sexual Harassment
3. Other Harassment
4. Avoiding Harm
5. Multiple Relationships
6. Conflict of Interest
7. Third-Party Requests for Services
8. Exploitative Relationships
9. Cooperation with Other Professionals
10. Informed Consent
11. Psychological Services Delivered to or Through Organizations
12. Interruption of Psychological Services

1. Informed Consent to Therapy
2. Therapy Involving Couples or Families
3. Group Therapy
4. Providing Therapy to Those Served by Others
5. Sexual Intimacies with Current Therapy Clients/Patients
6. Sexual Intimacies with Relatives or Significant Others of Current Therapy Clients/Patients
7. Therapy with Former Sexual Partners
8. Sexual Intimacies with Former Therapy Clients/Patients
9. Interruption of Therapy
10. Terminating Therapy

1. Avoidance of False or Deceptive Statements
2. Statements by Others
3. Descriptions of Workshops and Non-Degree-Granting Educational Programs
4. Media Presentations
5. Testimonials
6. In-Person Solicitation

1. Bases for Assessments
2. Use of Assessments
3. Informed Consent in Assessments
4. Release of Test Data
5. Test Construction
6. Interpreting Assessment Results
7. Assessment by Unqualified Persons
8. Obsolete Tests and Outdated Test Results
9. Test Scoring and Interpretation Services
10. Explaining Assessment Results
11. Maintaining Test Security

1. Documentation of Professional and Scientific Work and Maintenance of Records
2. Maintenance, Dissemination, and Disposal of Confidential Records of Professional and Scientific Work
3. Withholding Records for Nonpayment
4. Fees and Financial Arrangements
5. Barter with Clients/Patients
6. Accuracy in Reports to Payors and Funding Sources
7. Referrals and Fees

1. Boundaries of Competence
2. Providing Services in Emergencies
3. Maintaining Competence
4. Bases for Scientific and Professional Judgments
5. Delegation of Work to Others
6. Personal Problems and Conflicts

1. Institutional Approval
2. Informed Consent to Research
3. Informed Consent for Recording Voices and Images in Research
4. Client/Patient, Student, and Subordinate Research Participants
5. Dispensing with Informed Consent for Research
6. Offering Inducements for Research Participation
7. Deception in Research
8. Debriefing
9. Humane Care and Use of Animals in Research
10. Reporting Research Results
11. Plagiarism
12. Publication Credit
13. Duplicate Publication of Data
14. Sharing Research Data for Verification
15. Reviewers

1. Misuse of Psychologists' Work
2. Conflicts Between Ethics and Law, Regulations, or Other Governing Legal Authority
3. Conflicts Between Ethics and Organizational Demands
4. Informal Resolution of Ethical Violations
5. Reporting Ethical Violations
6. Cooperating with Ethics Committees
7. Improper Complaints
8. Unfair Discrimination Against Complainants and Respondents