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    The document discusses ethics in the psychological profession. It explains that professions establish ethics codes to guide members in making ethical decisions and judging each other's actions. The development of such a code was an important milestone for psychology. The field's ethics code consists of an introduction, preamble, general principles, and ethical standards. While a code exists, ethical dilemmas will still occur in practice. Psychologists must recognize issues, apply standards, and seek help to resolve dilemmas in an ethical manner.

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    ETHICS IN PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFESSION

    Dr. Ashwin Jansari HOD, Psychology Department, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad.

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    Ethics is the branch of philosophy. It deals with moral judgments. Ethics provide guidance for making moral decisions. Professions generate ethics code to guide their members in making decisions on ethical matter and so that they have basis to judge the appropriateness of their members actions. The development of a set of professional ethics is an important milestone in the development of psychological profession. The ethical principal of psychologists and code of conduct, referred to as the ethics code, and consists of four parts: Introduction, Preamble, General Principles and Ethical Standards. Having a professional code of ethics does not assure that psychologists behavior will always adhere to the ethical standards. Ethical dilemmas may be an unavoidable part of the professional life of a psychologist. Psychologists must first recognize an ethical problem, identify some relevant standards to help guide their actions and know what resources to turn to for help. All above issues will be explained in this article.

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