The ethical practice of psychology in organizations /

"Industrial / Organizational (I/O) Psychology has evolved into a complex, technically advanced, and widely practiced discipline. This casebook reflects those growing complexities and advancements as well as the increasing litigiousness of today's workplace. It is intended to stimulate the...

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Other Authors: Lowman, Rodney L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : American Psychological, 1998.
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Table of Contents:
  • Personnel selection. Assessment techniques
  • Validation efforts with small sample sizes
  • Test validation strategies
  • Avoiding potential misuse of assessment procedures
  • Mis-keyed test items on commercially marketed tests
  • Personnel screening for emotional stability
  • A spiritual matter
  • Misleading reporting of results
  • "Realistic job previews" and the selection of female employees
  • Developing international selection systems
  • Assessment center records
  • Maintaining confidentiality and objectivity
  • The right not to participate in selection activities
  • Organizational diagnosis and intervention. Layoff notifications
  • Survey reveals sexual harassment
  • Implementing new technology
  • Confidential feedback using electronic mail
  • Maintaining confidentiality in survey reporting
  • Implementing an equitable bonus plan
  • Conflicting obligations in survey research
  • Protecting the confidentiality of upward feedback
  • Misuse of psychological services
  • Confidentiality of interview data
  • Team-building interventions
  • Misuse of employee opinion surveys to prevent unionization
  • Sharing of management development results
  • Disposition of psychological reports
  • Managing consulting relationships. Avoiding conflicts of interests and roles
  • Accurately reporting research results
  • Recording data without consent
  • Misuse of data obtained through a consulting engagement
  • Avoiding dual relationships
  • Pressures to implement psychological programs too soon
  • Confidentiality of employee assistance program referrals
  • Research and academic issues. Research responsibilities
  • The ethics of reviewing and being reviewed
  • Honoring agreements in data collection and usage
  • Use of copyrighted material in new instrumentation
  • Authorship and publication agreements
  • Publication credit
  • Fairness in book reviews
  • Confidentiality and objectivity in reviews
  • When testimony would be compelled
  • Reporting back data from research studies
  • Professional training and certification issues. Training requirements in I/O psychology
  • Practice of I/O psychology by a clinical psychologist
  • Licensing and credentialing
  • Billing and marketing issues. Questions of billing, competence, and supervision
  • Accurately and honestly marketing psychological products
  • Public statements and advertising
  • Making public statements
  • The ethics of professional behavior. Responding to allegations of misconduct
  • The ethics of voluntary professional activities
  • Professional and scientific responsibility in forensic activities
  • A change of career direction
  • Plagiarizing
  • Evaluating colleagues' competencies
  • Confronting unethical behavior
  • Betraying a confidence
  • Psychologists as employers of other psychologists
  • When romance fails.