PAP Code of Ethics

PRINCIPLES

GENERAL ETHICAL STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES

 Unique worth and inherent dignity of all human beings

Diversity among persons or peoples

RESPECT FOR THE Customs and beliefs of cultures, to be limited only when

custom or belief seriously contravenes the principle of

DIGNITY OF
respect for the dignity of persons or peoples or causes

serious harm to their well-being.

PERSONS AND
Free and informed consent

PEOPLES Privacy for individuals, families, groups, and communities

Protection of confidentiality of personal information

Fairness and justice in the treatment of persons and

peoples
 Active concern for the well-being of individuals, families,

groups, and communities

COMPETENT Ensuring no harm is done to individuals, families, groups,

and communities
CARING FOR THE Maximizing benefits and minimizing potential harm

Correcting or offsetting harmful effects

WELL-BEING OF
Developing and maintaining competence

PERSONS AND Self-knowledge regarding how their own values, attitudes,

experiences, and social contexts influence their actions,

PEOPLES interpretations, choices, and recommendations

Respect for the ability of individuals, families, groups, and

communities to make decisions for themselves and to care

for themselves and each other

 Honesty, and truthful, open and accurate communication

Avoid incomplete disclosure of information - unless

complete disclosure is culturally inappropriate, or violates

confidentiality, or carries potential harm

INTEGRITY
Maximizing impartiality and minimizing biases

Not exploiting persons or people for

personal/professional/financial gain

Avoid conflicts of interest and declaring them when

unavoidable
 Responsibility to increase professional knowledge to allow

promotion of well-being of society and its members

Responsibility to use psychological knowledge for

beneficial purposes and to protect such knowledge from

being misused, used incompetently, or made useless

PROFESSIONAL Responsibility to conduct affairs that are ethical and

consistent with promotion of well-being

RESPONSIBILITY Responsibility to promote the highest ethical ideals in the

performance of scientific, professional, and educational

activities of its members.

Responsibility to adequately train its members as regards

their ethical responsibilities and required competencies

Responsibility to develop ethical awareness and

sensitivity, and to be as self-correcting as possible

Misuse of Works
Correct or minimize the effects of such misuse and misinterpretation

Conflicts between Ethics and Law, Regulations or other Governing Legal Authority
Resolve conflict, but if conflict cannot be resolved by any such means, practitioners must adhere

to the law, rules and regulations of the governing legal authority.

Conflicts between Ethics and Organizational Demands

Practitioner shall endeavor to make this Code of Ethics known to the organization. Psychology

practitioners shall declare their commitment and adherence to this Code when resolving the

conflicts.

RESOLVING
Action and Ethical Violations
If an action is likely to cause harm to a person or organization, psychology practitioners shall

take further action to report such violation to the appropriate institutional authorities ETHICAL ISSUES
Complaints against any Psychology practitioner may be lodged with the

Board and the Comission

GENERAL ETHICAL STANDARDS AND
PROCEDURES
Cooperating with the Ethics Committee
Practitioners shall cooperate with the ethics investigation and proceedings conducted by the

Board and or the Psychological Association/s to which they belong.

Improper Complaints
Psychology practitioners shall refrain from filling baseless, frivolous or malicious ethical

complaints

Unfair Discrimination Against Complainants and Respondents

Psychology practitioners shall not discriminate against complainants and respondents in any

ethical complaint.
 STANDARDS OF
Boundaries of Competences

Providing Services in Emergencies PROFESSIONAL

Maintaining Competence

COMPETENCE
Bases for Scientific and Professional Judgements

Delegation of Work to Others

Personal Problems and Conflicts

GENERAL ETHICAL STANDARDS AND
PROCEDURES
Unfair Discrimination

Sexual Harassment

Other Harassments

Avoiding Harm HUMAN

Multiple Relationships

Conflict of Interest
RELATIONS
Third-Party Requests for Services

Exploitive Relationships
GENERAL ETHICAL STANDARDS AND
Cooperation with Other Professionals

Informed Consent
PROCEDURES
Psychological Services Delivered To or Through Organizations

Interruption of Psychological Services

Maintaining Confidentiality

Limitation of Confidentiality

Recording
CONFIDENTIALITY
Minimizing Invasions of Privacy

Disclosures
GENERAL ETHICAL STANDARDS AND
Consultation PROCEDURES
Use of Confidential Information for Other Purposes
 ADVERTISEMENTS
Avoidance of false or deceptive statements

Public Statements AND PUBLIC

Workshop, seminars, and non-degree-granting educational programs

STATEMENTS
Media Presentations

Testimonials

Free Service as a Part of Promotional Campaign

GENERAL ETHICAL STANDARDS AND
PROCEDURES
 RECORDS AND
Documentation and Maintainance of Records

Confidentiality of Records
FEES
Withholding Client Records

Fees and financial arrangements

GENERAL ETHICAL STANDARDS AND
PROCEDURES
Bases for Assessment

Informed Consent in Assessment

Assessment Tools

Obsolete and Outdated Test Results ASSESSMENT

Interpreting Assessment Results

Release of Test Data GENERAL ETHICAL STANDARDS AND

PROCEDURES
Explaining Assessment Results

Test Security

Assessment by Unqualified Persons

Test construction
Confidentiality

Informed Consent

Client's Well-being

Multiple Relationships THERAPY

Record Keeping

Competent Practice GENERAL ETHICAL STANDARDS AND

PROCEDURES
Working with Young People

Referals

Interruption

Termination
Design of Education and Training Program
EDUCATION AND
Descriptions of Education and Training Programs

Accuracy in Teaching

Student Disclosure of Personal Information TRAINING

Mandatory Individual or Group Therapy

Assessing Student and Supervisee Performance

GENERAL ETHICAL STANDARDS AND
Sexual Relationships with Student and Supervisess
PROCEDURES
Rights and Dignity of Participants

Informed Consent in Research

Informed Consent for Recording Voices and Images in Research

Research of Client, Students and Subordinates

Dispensing with Informed Consent for Research

Offering Inducements for Research Participation

Deception in Research

Debriefing

Observational Research
RESEARCH
Humane Care and Use of Animals in Research

Reporting Research Results

GENERAL ETHICAL STANDARDS AND
Plagiarism PROCEDURES
Publication Credit

Duplicate Publication of Data

Sharing Research Data for Verification

Reviewers

Limitations of the Study