Ethics is the investigation of the primary moral assumptions held by individuals, organizations, or professions that are used to help members make sound decisions about what is right and wrong. To expand on this definition, ethics refers to an organization’s attempts to protect the welfare of clients by developing, adopting, and enforcing guidelines that regulate
This article delves into the intricate landscape of ethical considerations within the field of school psychology, a discipline at the intersection of psychology, education, and legal responsibilities. The article commences with a definition of school psychology and underscores the pivotal role that ethical principles play in guiding the professional conduct of school psychologists. It explores
As the range of options for extending life and for hastening death continues to expand, so the range of issues faced by clinical evaluators also has grown. Among the most complex are those surrounding requests for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or the withdrawal or refusal of life-sustaining interventions. The availability of some of these alternatives varies
Normative issues are those based on intrapersonal and interpersonal concerns that could be expected to occur in the course of a life. When people think about issues that might compel someone to seek professional help, they often envision severe and potentially even life-threatening issues such as major depression, extreme anxiety, addiction, mania, debilitating phobias, and
The legal issues regarding parenting can be, and often are, highly complicated and controversial issues, needing to be addressed within the following categories: custody, adoption, parenting by unmarried couples, and rights and responsibilities of parents. Understanding how these variables interact is important, because many individuals experiencing problems in their relationships will seek help through counseling.
In the early 1970s, the field of vocational psychology began to focus on diverse factors related to career development. Recent trends indicate a sustained increase in the vocational psychology and career development literature pertaining to diversity issues since the early 1990s. These shifts have been fueled in part by the changing demographic patterns in society
This article delves into the landscape of ethical issues surrounding organ transplantation within the realm of health psychology. Beginning with an introduction that underscores the pivotal role of ethics in organ allocation, the discussion navigates through three core ethical principles—Autonomy and Informed Consent, Justice and Fairness, and Beneficence and Non-Maleficence. Each principle is dissected to
This article explores the ethical dimensions of health risk screening within the domain of health psychology, exploring the multifaceted issues surrounding its implementation. The introduction elucidates the significance of health risk screening in public health and introduces the ethical considerations inherent in the process. The first section scrutinizes informed consent, highlighting challenges in obtaining it