The APA Ethical Principles for Psychologists and Code of Conduct: Cultural Sensitivity and Diversity – is the code culturally encapsulated and biased? Emmanuel Mueke Author Note Emmanuel Mueke. Independent Researcher. Correspondence regarding this article should be addressed to Emmanuel Mueke‚ P.O. Box 44935 – 00100. Nairobi‚ Kenya. Contact: emmanuelmueke@gmail.com Abstract This paper explores the American Psychological Association (APA) Ethical Principles for Psychologists and Code
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Unit 4 Theories and Principles of Learning and Communication Assignment “Learning is the lifelong process of transforming information and experience into knowledge‚ skills‚ behaviors‚ and attitudes.” Jeff Cobb www.missiontolearn.com Learning is something that takes place everyday for most people in some way‚ shape or form and varies depending on certain circumstances. The principles can be simple or radical depending on opinion‚ some you may agree with while others you might discount straight
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decided what to do based on his intuition for this moment. At the same time‚ since they downplay the consequences‚ and utilitarian’s usually say that what is moral in any given situation is to maximize the good effects…so if Valjean was following this theory he would have not turned himself in. Since the greater good for the community and himself would have been to not tell the truth. I think that Rule utilitarian’s would say‚
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Professor Mariana Philosophy 120 11 December 2014 Deontology Deontology is an ethical theory whose name is derived from the Greek word “deon‚” meaning duty or obligation. Most ethical theories are concerned with what is right or good‚ and they often attempt to find this by applying a rule or several rules that seem to fit with outcomes that we most commonly find are "good". Deontology is a non-consequentialist moral theory. While consequentialists‚ such as a utilitarian‚ believe the end will always
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Now that you know about the history behind the ethics we can go into the different ethical theories. There are quite a few but the ones we’re going to talk about are egoism‚ consequentialism‚ nonconsequentialism‚ rule-deontology‚ and non-moral value. Egoism is view that you are all that matters and so you make your choices based on you and what’s best for you. Egoist don’t care about anyone other than themselves and it shows in the choices that they make. Consequentialism‚ or utilitarianism‚ is when
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Relevant Ethical Principles The ethical principles and professional standards that pertain to this case are as follows: Respect for Colleagues. Shamoo and Resnik’s Responsible Conduct of Research describes having respect for colleagues as “Help[ing] to educate‚ train‚ mentor‚ and advise the next generation of researchers.” (Shamoo‚ 18). This is important because‚ as a lead researcher‚ you are taking responsibility for the researchers working under you. If a researcher practices ethical misconduct
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tradition‚ authority‚ happiness‚ desires‚ or institutions” (Vaughn 120). Rationality should always be used when we make decisions. Kant’s ethical theory states that “right actions have moral value only if they are done with a ‘good will’ -that is‚ a well to do your duty for duty’s sake” (Vaughn 121). This is one of the main differences between Kant and Mill’s ethical theory. Mill believes that our actions are deemed moral if they can bring about the most amount of happiness among society. Kant on the other
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ETHICAL DILEMMA in social work This essay will address the ethical dilemmas faced by social workers and how they address these ethical dilemmas when working with service users and carers. It will be illustrated that codes of practice and codes of ethics are of paramount importance when dealing with these dilemmas as they are ones that guide social workers as to how they should try and solve these dilemmas. Social workers encounter ethical dilemmas every day during their work. Banks‚ in her explanations
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Case Study: What will you do? Your organization is undergoing human resource reengineering and it was agreed by your Management Committee (ManCom) to terminate the services of the “deadwoods” (those unproductive and obsolete employees) of the organization. In reviewing their employment records‚ you found out that the “deadwoods” involved have been in the company from 12 to 17 years and they practically gave the best of their working lives to your company. Per year company policy‚ full retirement
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of the MAOA gene are much more prevalent in populations with a history of warfare. These individuals are also more likely to join gangs and to use weapons in committing crimes than other persons” (Hickey 48). Beaver and Schwartz believe that the theories proposed over the past half-century have focused entirely on environmental explanations of criminal and antisocial behavior. The explanation of criminal and antisocial behavior is their biggest concern of all the literature available. According to
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