Book contents
- The Portable Mentor
- The Portable Mentor
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Applying to Graduate School
- Part II Beginning your Career
- 3 Your First Year of Graduate School
- 4 Following the Scientific Path in Applied Psychology
- 5 Impostor Syndrome in Graduate School
- 6 Cultural Humility in Psychology
- 7 Graduate Training for Students of Color: Belonging Required; Fitting In, Not Recommended
- 8 Navigating Graduate School in Psychology as a Sexual and/or Gender Minority (LGBTQ+) Student
- 9 Considerations for First-Generation Students in Graduate School
- 10 Developing and Practicing Ethics
- Part III Your Research/Academic Career
- Part IV Your Career as a Practitioner
- Part V Your Professional Service Career
- Part VI Your Career After Graduate School
- Index
- References
10 - Developing and Practicing Ethics
from Part II - Beginning your Career
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 July 2022
- The Portable Mentor
- The Portable Mentor
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Boxes
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Part I Applying to Graduate School
- Part II Beginning your Career
- 3 Your First Year of Graduate School
- 4 Following the Scientific Path in Applied Psychology
- 5 Impostor Syndrome in Graduate School
- 6 Cultural Humility in Psychology
- 7 Graduate Training for Students of Color: Belonging Required; Fitting In, Not Recommended
- 8 Navigating Graduate School in Psychology as a Sexual and/or Gender Minority (LGBTQ+) Student
- 9 Considerations for First-Generation Students in Graduate School
- 10 Developing and Practicing Ethics
- Part III Your Research/Academic Career
- Part IV Your Career as a Practitioner
- Part V Your Professional Service Career
- Part VI Your Career After Graduate School
- Index
- References
Summary
Developing and practicing ethics requires an active and mindful approach that continues from graduate school throughout our careers. Because life in the real world tends to be messy with gray areas, contradictions, surprises, and rough edges, we must stay alert, distrust quick answers, and keep questioning. Knowing the ethics codes, laws, and professional guidelines is important; however, it is not enough. It is important not to let ethics, laws, and standards replace critical thinking, professional judgment, and personal responsibility. Our ability to think creatively and respond ethically to even the most daunting challenges seem mirrored by our shared human abilities to rationalize even the most unethical approaches. This chapter discusses the importance of learning to recognize and avoid the classic ethical fallacies. Attention is paid to the importance of knowing our weaknesses, ethical blind spots, biases, and ways to address these fallibilities in our careers.
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- The Portable MentorExpert Guide to a Successful Career in Psychology, pp. 179 - 194Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022