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Psychological Ethics Codes: A Comparison of Twenty‐four Countries
Author(s) -
Leach Mark M.,
Harbin J. Judd
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1080/002075997400854
Subject(s) - ethical code , psychology , china , code (set theory) , code of conduct , ethical standards , social psychology , engineering ethics , law , political science , computer science , engineering , set (abstract data type) , programming language
Codes of ethics from 19 countries, representing a total of 24 countries, were compared to the United States using the American Psychological Association's (APA) Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct . Canada's code of ethics was most similar to the US/APA code and China's the most dissimilar. Ten individual standards may be approaching universal agreement, while eight others were unique to the APA ethical code. The relationship of ethical codes to cultural values, and future research suggestions, are discussed.