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Students and practitioners often complain that codes of ethics are bothersome to read, confusing and boring lists of “shoulds” and “should nots.” Wonderly (1989) suggested, however, that codes of ethics in psychology are not so overwhelming if we remember their primary purpose: namely, to protect the public. Professionals do not have rights under a code of ethics, only obligations. We will be exploring those obligations in more detail in the chapters ahead.

1 What are the sources of quality control in the provision of school psychological services?

2 What does the term ethics mean?

3 What does the term applied professional ethics mean?

4 Why do professional groups, such as school psychologists, develop a code of ethics?

5 Summarize the desired ethics competencies of school psychology practitioners.

6 Why are codes of ethics imperfect guides to behavior?

7 Summarize the broad ethical principles discussed in ssss1.

8 How do you evaluate whether a course of action is ethical?