Study level: Graduate study programme in psychology
Lecturers: Dinka Čorkalo Biruški, Ph.D.
ECTS: 2
Language: Croatian
Semester: 3rd (winter)
Status: mandatory
Form of instruction with class hours: 30 hours of lectures
Prerequisites: none
Course description
General information about ethics. Philosophical foundations of ethics. General ethical principles and systems of values. Theories of ethics. Moral and moral development. Ethics in psychological research and ethics in professional psychological activities. Codes of conduct and ethical codes. Briefing research participants and clients and making agreements with them. Recognizing ethical issues and dilemmas and the process of making ethical decisions. Cooperation with professionals in other disciplines in making ethical decisions.
Course objectives
To make students more sensible to ethical issues and dilemmas. Preparation for ethical behavior in professional career. Developing skills for recognizing ethical questions and making ethical decisions.
Required readings
Ajduković, M. i Kolesarić, M. (Ed). (2003). Etički kodeks istraživanja s djecom. Zagreb: Vijeće za djecu Vlade Republike Hrvatske. Državni zavod za zaštitu obitelji, materinstva i mladeži.
Čorkalo
Biruški, D. (2015). Etički izazovi kvalitativnih istraživanja u
zajednici: od planiranja do istraživačkog izvještaja. Ljetopis socijalnog rada, 21(3), pp. 393-423.
Lindsay, G., Koene, C., Øvreeide, H. i Lang, F. (2008). Ethics for European psychologists. Hogrefe & Huber Pub.
Meta-code of ethics EFPA
Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct, APA
Kodeks etike psihološke djelatnosti Hrvatske psihološke komore
Recommended readings
Bersoff, D. N. (2008). Ethical conflicts in psychology. Washington, D.C.: APA.
Kolesarić, V. (2003). Neki psihologijski aspekti etike u istraživanju s djecom. Dijete i društvo, 1(5), 83-91.
Journal articles