Ethical decision-making in forensic psychology
Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Ethical decision-making in forensic psychology | |
| Creator | Swanepoel, M. | |
| Description | The purpose of this article is to develop a comprehensive process for identifying and addressing primarily ethical issues related to the psychology profession in South Africa. In fulfilling this purpose, research was conducted of relevant ethical and to a lesser extent, legal aspects pertaining to the psychology profession. In an attempt to prevent unprofessional conduct claims against psychologists from succeeding and to alert psychologists to the concurrent ethical problems that may lead to malpractice suits, this article offers material on some important issues – in the context of forensic psychology – such as ethical decision-making and principles, professional ethics, the regulation of psychology as a profession, the Ethical Code of Professional Conduct to which a psychologist should adhere, ethical aspects and issues pertaining to forensic psychology in general, some ethical issues pertaining to child forensic psychology, summary guidelines for ethical decision-making and some steps to follow to ensure sound ethical decisionmaking. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2010-07-26 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/koers.v75i4.110 | |
| Source | Koers - Bulletin for Christian Scholarship/Bulletin vir Christelike Wetenskap; Vol 75, No 4 (2010); 851-872 2304-8557 0023-270X | |
| Language | eng | |
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