The practice of psychology around the world is governed by ethics of some kind. we learn about them from the day we learn psychology. Guidelines of how one has to conduct research on humans animals and deal with clients are laid down by governing bodies.
Most of the ethics i learned are small chapters in textbooks. i was wondering if this was adequate and why do we take the existing guidelines for granted. I do respect and agree with a lot of the principles of practicing psychology , but shouldn't we go beyond what we know and develop a newer code of ethics.
Getting students to debate about the ethical question psychology throws up will be interesting.
any takers?????????
