Aims

- to situate the career of psychologist across the set of careers and to analyse the consequences of his given position.
- to inform the future practitioner about the set of recommendations governing the exercise of this profession, at the various levels (sectorial, national and international) and to inform about the professional organisations with a critical examination of the positions they defend about the psychologist insertion in the socio-economical life.

Main themes

- notions of ethics, morals, deontology and law: links and differences, historical aspects.
- Deontology as structuring factor of a career.
- History of deontology in psychology
- Code of ethics for psychologists
- European ethics charter
- Belgian code (history and evolution)
- Sectors codes : clinicians, PMS, work and organisations, research and education
- Specific codes : transactional analysis, outplacement…
- Case studies

Content and teaching methods

- to situate the career of psychologist across the set of careers and to analyse the consequences of his given position.
- to inform the future practitioner about the set of recommendations governing the exercise of this profession, at the various levels (sectorial, national and international) and to inform about the professional organisations with a critical examination of the positions they defend about the psychologist insertion in the socio-economical life.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

- Information on the legal provisions, the ethical rules, the ethical principles in the various codes;
- An external lecturer will be invited to explain his practice from deontological, ethical and legal points of view.

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