Developing and Practicing Ethics

Abstract

Developing and practicing ethics requires an active, mindful approach that continues from graduate school throughout our careers. The psychologist who remains unaware of the constantly evolving ethical and legal standards, fails to engage in critical self-examination, and stops actively seeking to do better resembles—in light of the possible consequences of ethical missteps the driver who dozes at the wheel. A human endeavor that focuses on humans in all their infinite variety, psychology never runs short of ethical challenges that are complex, filled with gray areas and conflicting values, and lacking clear, easy, or definitive answers. Meeting these challenges is an inescapable responsibility that falls to each of us. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)