Document Type
Journal Article
Publisher
Routledge
Faculty
Faculty of Computing, Health and Science
School
School of Psychology and Social Science
RAS ID
12931
Abstract
Section 35(1)(c) of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act (200929. Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act of 2009. (Queensland). View all references) requires the newly formed Psychology Board of Australia (PsyBA) “to develop or approve standards, codes and guidelines.” In 2010 the PsyBA decided to initially adopt the Australian Psychological Society's (APS) Code of Ethics (200711. Australian Psychological Society . 2007 . Code of ethics , Melbourne, , Australia : Author . View all references) and develop a new code in the future with the involvement of key stakeholders without deciding what the nature of this code will be. The PsyBA now has to decide exactly how it will proceed in future. My aim in this article is to examine the options available to the PsyBA by exploring the definition and function of codes; presenting a history of the APS Code; and considering approaches that had been followed in Europe, Israel, New Zealand, and South Africa.
DOI
10.1080/10508422.2011.622176
Comments
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of: Allan, A. (2011). The Development of a Code for Australian Psychologists. Ethics and Behavior, 21(6), 435-451. Available here
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Ethics and Behavior on 04 Nov 2011 available online: here.