The Ethical Practice of Consulting Psychology (Fundamentals of Consulting Psychology Series) - Softcover

Lowman PhD, Dr. Rodney L.; Cooper, Stewart E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 143382809X ISBN 13: 9781433828096

Publisher: American Psychological Association, 2017

Synopsis

Psychologists who work in business and other organizational settings encounter unique ethical issues that are not found in traditional clinical practice. This volume provides an overview of these issues for consulting psychologists, graduate students, and practitioners in other fields who want to transition to organizational consulting. Using the APA Ethics Code as its foundation, the book teaches readers how to make ethical decisions when conducting assessments and applying interventions with individual employees, work groups, and entire organizations, small and large.
 
Authors Rodney Lowman and Stewart Cooper explore common themes in ethical practice, including informed consent, confidentiality, multiple relationships, conflicts of interest, and competence. They demonstrate how these issues manifest differently in the work environment through vivid case examples that bring to life the concrete work of consulting psychologists. These informative vignettes teach readers how to negotiate complex challenges, such as when organizational demands and corrupt business practices come into conflict with psychologists’ ethical responsibilities. Special attention is also given to emerging areas of practice, including telepsychology, multinational and multicultural consulting, and coaching.

About this title

Book Description

This book reviews the unique ethical issues that psychologists encounter when working as consultants in business and other organizational settings. It provides guidelines based on the APA Ethics Code to help consulting psychologists make ethical decisions when conducting assessments and interventions with individual employees, teams and work groups, and entire organizations. Case examples illustrate complex ethical dilemmas, such as how to confront corrupt business practices. Emerging issues like telepsychology, multinational and multicultural consulting, and coaching are given special consideration.

About the Author

Rodney L. Lowman, PhD, ABAP, is currently Distinguished Professor, Organizational Psychology Programs, California School of Professional Psychology, and is past provost/vice president of academic affairs and past acting president of Alliant International University. The author or editor of 12 books and monographs, Dr. Lowman has published more than 130 scholarly publications and made hundreds of professional presentations all over the world.

Stewart E. Cooper, PhD, ABPP, currently serves as director of counseling service and as a professor with the Psychology Department at Valparaiso University. He also is the head of Life Enrichment Associates, a private consultation practice. Dr. Cooper's professional development has followed the scientist practitioner model of combining teaching, research, and scholarship with clinical practice.

Edition details

• Publisher: American Psychological Association
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 143382809X
• ISBN 13: 9781433828096
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 168