1st Edition
Handbook of International Psychology Ethics Codes and Commentary from Around the World
The Handbook of International Psychology Ethics discusses the most central, guiding principles of practice for mental health professionals around the world. For researchers, practicing mental health professionals, and students alike, the book provides a window into the values and belief systems of cultures worldwide. Chapters cover ethics codes from psychological associations and societies on five continents, translating each code into English and discussing vital questions around how the code is put into practice, what it means to association members and society at large, as well as how the code was developed within its unique historical, political, and cultural context.
Chapter 1: Understanding Psychology’s Ethics Codes from an International Perspective: The Importance of Non-Ethnocentric Appreciation and Comparisons
Karen L. Parsonson
Part 1: African Countries: Nigeria and Zambia
Chapter 2: Development of Nigeria’s Code of Ethics for Psychology
Gboyega E. Abikoye, Michael O. Ezenwa, and Andrew E. Zamani
Chapter 3: Code of Ethics for Psychology Research and Practice in Zambia
D. Nabuzoka, J. Folotiya, and J. A. Menon
Part 2: Asian Countries: Indonesia and Singapore
Chapter 4: The Indonesian Code of Conduct
Yusti Probowati and Maria G. Adiyanti
Chapter 5: The Singapore Psychological Society Code of Ethics: The Beginning, the Current, and the Future
Lohsnah Jeevanandam and Adrian Toh
Part 3: Australasian Countries: Australia and New Zealand
Chapter 6: The Australian Code of Ethics
Alfred Allan
Chapter 7: The Code of Ethics for Psychologists Working in Aotearoa New Zealand
John Fitzgerald
Part 4: European Countries: Hungary, Slovenia and The UK
Chapter 8: The First "Half of Hundred" Years of the Hungarian Psychologists' Ethics Code
Judit Szimethné Galaczi, Éva Kovácsné Vajger, Ibolya Oláh
Chapter 9: Ethics for Psychologists in Slovenia
Vita Poštuvan
Chapter 10: Professional Identity, Behaviour and Values: A Partial and Provocative History of the Code of Ethics of the British Psychological Society
Richard Kwiatkowski and Claire Jackson
Chapter 11: The Development of the European Federation of Psychologists Associations’ Meta-Code of Ethics
Geoff Lindsay
Part 5: South and Central American Countries: Chile, Colombia, Guatemala, Venezuela
Chapter 12: Professional Code of Ethics: College of Psychologists of Chile
Sergio Lucero Conus
Chapter 13: The Colombian Psychological Code of Ethics and Bioethics: A Historical Perspective
Paulo Daniel Acero Rodríguez and Rubén Ardila
Chapter 14: A History of the Development of the Code of Ethics in Guatemala
Ana Maria Jurado
Chapter 15: Psychological Ethics in Venezuela: Past, Present, and Future
Juan Carlos Canga Linares
Chapter 16: The Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles for Psychologists
Karen L. Parsonson
Chapter 17: An Overview of Findings, Non-Ethnocentric Comparisons, Conclusions and Implications
Karen L. Parsonson
Biography
Karen L. Parsonson, PhD, is the director of the graduate forensic psychology program and assistant professor of psychology at the University of Houston Victoria. Her research encompasses ethics, forensics, and cross-cultural studies. Formerly a practicing clinical and forensic psychologist for over 25 years, she was also an expert witness for many years. As a clinical hypnotherapist, she was president of the Canadian Federation of Clinical Hypnosis-Alberta Division, teaching clinical hypnosis to healthcare professionals for many years. She has published numerous self-help books, novels, and scholarly articles.
"Codes of ethics establish a covenant between a given profession and the public that it serves. As revealed in this book, there are universal aspects of psychology codes of ethics, but also culturally necessary inflections and variations. This impressive and well-written volume documents a global and non-ethnocentric understanding and appreciation of ethics for the profession of psychology and is an essential resource for anyone with an interest in the profession of psychology, or the desire to understand ethical models for professions." — Keith S. Dobson, PhD, professor of clinical psychology, University of Calgary, Canada
"This book presents a remarkable worldwide comparison of psychology ethics codes with a never seen before characteristic: listening to local voices describing and analyzing their ethics codes in their own terms. The thorough analysis of the impact of the Universal Declaration of Ethical Principles for Psychologists further enhances the text’s value. This book is one of a kind and a full demonstration of how non-ethnocentric research can enrich ethics in psychology, which makes a great contribution to the whole discipline." — Dr. Andrea Ferrero, professor and researcher, Universidad Nacional de San Luis, Argentina
"This handbook is a remarkable contribution to the literature on professional ethics. It underscores the importance of viewing ethics codes as situated locally in culture and other contexts. The handbook features chapters by experts the world over on the development, implementation, impact, and cultural and contextual relevance of their country’s ethics code. It adopts an idiographic approach to comparing ethics codes, deriving common and distinctive elements rather than ethnocentrically imposing them. This perspectival analysis has profound implications for the growing number of psychologists working transnationally and for training psychologically literate, culturally competent, and globally acculturated psychologists." — Michael Stevens, PhD, DHC, LHD, The Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania, and The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, USA
