Title

Willingness To Apply Understood Ethical Principles

Abstract

Recent research suggests a discrepancy between understanding vs. implementation of ethical principles. The present study investigated the relationship between decisions with regard to what “should” vs. what “would” be done in a variety of ethical conflict situations. Additionally, this research examined the influence of the degree of closeness of the respondent to the identified person‐of‐reference in each conflict scenario. The results strongly supported the conclusion that while professional clinicians are capable of recognizing conduct that falls below accepted ethical standards, they are less willing to follow through with required action. Restrictiveness of conflict resolution was related to both person‐of‐reference group and to specific ethical situation. The results are discussed in terms of attribution theory and actor‐observer effects. Copyright © 1990 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., A Wiley Company

Publication Date

1-1-1990

Publication Title

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volume

46

Issue

4

Number of Pages

539-547

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4679(199007)46:4<539::AID-JCLP2270460424>3.0.CO;2-0

Socpus ID

0024998785 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0024998785

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