Ethics OfficeAPA Ethics Office
APA's Ethics Office promotes ethics throughout the field of psychology. The Office supports the Ethics Committee in adjudicating ethics complaints, offers educational workshops and seminars, provides ethics consultations, and serves as a resource to members and the Association in addressing new ethical dilemmas as psychology grows and evolves as a discipline. If you are an APA member, the Ethics Office is here to serve you. Please let us know how we may best do so.
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The APA Ethics Code
The American Psychological Association's Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, adopted by the APA Council of Representatives in August 2002, became effective in June 2003. Council amended the Ethics Code in 2010. The code provides guidance for psychologists in all of their professional roles.
Responsible Conduct of Research
Support for ethical and responsible research in the psychological sciences. Also includes the responsible translation of research results for the general public and policy-makers.