The Ethics Code Task Force (ECTF), a task force of the APA Ethics Committee, seeks your comments on a new draft APA Ethics Code: Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct. The new draft Ethics Code, as well as the system for providing comments, is available on APA's comments portal.
It has been over 20 years since APA’s current Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct was adopted. The ECTF was charged with creating a draft Ethics Code that is visionary and transformational and remains a leading practical resource for ethics in psychological science, education, and practice while retaining those aspects of our Ethics Code that serve the public, discipline, and profession. We value your participation in helping to create a transformational APA Ethics Code.
This new draft Ethics Code is designed to be the Ethics Code for the profession and the discipline and covers the wide variety of roles and responsibilities of psychologists working with individuals, groups, organizations, communities, and systems. It incorporates scientific and technological advances, growth in psychology as a field, and the importance of diversity, culture, and social justice.
Thank you for your review and feedback, as you are an important part of developing a new APA Ethics Code. The deadline for submitting comments is March 19, 2025, at 11:59 p.m., Eastern time.
