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“It's the Way That You Do It”: Developing an Ethical Framework for Community Psychology Research and Action
Author(s) -
Campbell Rebecca
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1002/ajcp.12037
Subject(s) - community psychology , engineering ethics , health psychology , field (mathematics) , action (physics) , sociology , legal psychology , research ethics , psychology , public health , social psychology , medicine , engineering , physics , nursing , mathematics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
In the 50 years since the 1965 Swampscott conference, the field of community psychology has not yet developed a well‐articulated ethical framework to guide research and practice. This paper reviews what constitutes an “ethical framework”; considers where the field of community psychology is at in its development of a comprehensive ethical framework; examines sources for ethical guidance (i.e., ethical principles and standards) across multiple disciplines, including psychology, evaluation, sociology, and anthropology; and recommends strategies for developing a rich written discourse on how community psychology researchers and practitioners can address ethical conflicts in our work.