Background Materials Related to Ethical Standards 1.02 and 1.03
Definition: Meaning of Conflict The Ethics Committee explains
the meaning of "conflict" as used in Standard 1.02. A similar
definition also holds for Standard 1.03. a) Evolution of Ethical
Standard 1.02 from the 1992 Ethics Code to the 2002 Ethics Code
(PDF 17.4K) Texts of Ethical Standard 1.02 from each of the
seven revision drafts of the 1996-2002 ethics code revision
process. b) Provisions in the APA Ethics Codes That Address
Conflicts Between Ethics and Law: A History Provisions that
address conflicts between ethics and law from each APA ethics
code dating back to APA’s first ethics code, published in 1953.
Changing the Ethics Code Outside the Standard Revision Process
Discussion of criteria and related texts for changing the
Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct outside
the normal ethics code revision process. Health and Mental
Health Association Codes of Ethics: Provisions Regarding
Conflicts between Ethics and Law (PDF 15