Aims

- to position the psychologist profession among all the professions and to analyse the consequences resulting from the position assigned
- to inform the practitioner to-be about all the recommendations governing the practice of this profession, at the various sectorial, national and international levels and about the professional organisations, with a critical review of the assumptions they defend for the psychologist's insertion into the socio-economical life.

Main themes

- Concepts of ethics, morals, deontology and law: links and differences, historical aspects.
- Deontology as an element structuring a profession
- History of deontology in psychology
- Deontology codes for psychologists: European ethics charter, Belgian code (history and evolution), sectorial codes (clinicians, PMS, work and organisations, research and teaching), specific codes (transactional analysis, outplacement…)
- Case studies

Content and teaching methods

- to position the psychologist profession among all the professions and to analyse the consequences resulting from the position assigned
- to inform the practitioner to-be about all the recommendations governing the practice of this profession, at the various sectorial, national and international levels and about the professional organisations, with a critical review of the assumptions they defend for the psychologist's insertion into the socio-economical life.

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

- A portfolio with informations on legal measures, deontology rules, ethics principles in the various codes.
- An external lecturer will be invited to share his practice from deonotological, ethical and legal points of view