PSY 6617 - Ethical, Legal, and Professional Issues

3 Semester Hour(s)

Ethical and Legal Principles of Psychologists, Code of Conduct, and the values and ideas that guide practice and research in the field of psychology. Topics include confidentiality, informed consent, competence, integrity, respect, and using the ethical code to make decisions in a variety of settings. This course will also cover professional conduct in terms of interacting with people within a multicultural world.