| Description | Printed copies of the British Psychological Society Ethical Codes of Conduct
1. Copy Standards of Professional Conduct of the British Psychological Society - draft printed in 1954-1955 BPS Annual Report.
2. Copy Ethical Principles for Research with Human Subjects. The British Psychological Society Scientific Affairs Board. Printed in the Bulletin of the British Psychological Society 1978, 31, pp48-49; Code of Human Research Ethics 2014 [previous revision 1990].
3. Typescript Ethical Code for Psychologists. C. 1978-1982 Includes Responsibilities and Obligations and Competence
4. A Code of Conduct for Psychologists. The British Psychological Society. Offprint from the Bulletin of the British Psychological Society 1985, 38, 41-43. Code adopted by the Society following a postal ballot. Includes General, Competence, Obtaining Consent, Confidentiality and Personal Conduct.
5. Code of Conduct Ethical Principles and Guidelines. The British Psychological Society. Printed Booklet March 1991
[Code of Conduction. Introduction to the Revised Ethical Principles for Conducting Research with Human Participants; Ethical Principles for Conducting Research with Human Participants; Guidelines for the Use of Animals in Research; Guidelines for the Use of Humans in Research; Guidelines for the Use of Non-Sexist Language; Guidelines on Advertising the Services Offered by Psychologists; A Statement by the Council on the Use of the title 'Consultant Psychologist'; and the New Disciplinary Procedures of the Society: Some Observations.]
6. Code of Conduct Ethical Principles and Guidelines. The British Psychological Society. Printed Booklet June 1991
[Contents headings as above except Descriptions; Regulations for the Corporate Use of the Title 'Chartered Psychologist'.]
7. Code of Conduct Ethical Principles and Guidelines. The British Psychological Society. Printed Booklet April 1993
[Content headings as 6. above]
8. Code of Conduct Ethical Principles and Guidelines. The British Psychological Society. Printed Booklet September 1993
[Content headings as 6. Above except additional Sexual Harassment at Work and the Ethics of Dual Relationships; A Briefing Paper on Sexual Harassment at Work and the Ethics on Dual Relationships.]
9. Code of Conduct Ethical Principles and Guidelines. The British Psychological Society. Printed Booklet February 1995 [Content headings as 8. above]
10. Code of Conducts Ethical Principles and Guidelines. The British Psychological Society. Printed Booklet August 1995
[Code of Conduct; Introduction to the Revised Ethical Principles for Conducting Research with Human Participants; Ethical Principles for Conducting Research with Human Participants; Guidelines for the Use of Animals in Research; Guidelines on Advertising the Services Offered by Psychologists; Descriptions; Regulations for the Corporate Use of the Title 'Chartered Psychologist'; Equal opportunities policy statement and policy; Sexual Harassment at Work and the Ethics of Dual Relationships A Briefing Paper on Sexual Harassment at Work and the Ethics on Dual Relationships; Guidelines for Penile Plethysmography (PPG) Usage.]
11. Code of Conduct Ethical Principles and Guidelines. The British Psychological Society. Printed Booklet February 1996
[Content headings as 10. above]
12. Code of Conduct Ethical Principles and Guidelines. The British Psychological Society. Printed Booklet April 1997
[Content headings as 10. above]
13. Code of Conduct Ethical Principles and Guidelines. The British Psychological Society. Printed Booklet July 1998
[Content headings as 10. above with addition of Statement of policy on the Use of Animals in Research - agreed May 1998]
14. Code of Conduct Ethical Principles and Guidelines. The British Psychological Society. Printed Booklet January 2000
[Content headings as 10. Above]
15. Code of Conduct Ethical Principles and Guidelines. The British Psychological Society. Printed Booklet November 2000
[Content headings as 10. Above]
16. Code of Conduct Ethical Principles and Guidelines. The British Psychological Society. Printed Booklet July 2004
[Content headings as 10. above]
17. Code of Conduct Ethical Principles and Guidelines. The British Psychological Society. Printed Booklet January 2005
[Content headings as 10. above]
18. Code of Ethics and Conduct. The British Psychological Society. Printed Booklet March 2006 [digital]
[Introduction, Decision Making, Structure of the Code, Ethical Principles, Conclusion, References, Appendix - Key documents consulted in preparation of the document.]
19. Copy Code of Ethics and Conduct. Guidance published by the Ethics Committee of The British Psychological Society. Printed Booklet August 2009 [digital]
[Content headings as 18. Above]
Code of Conduct for members undertaking Work on Behalf of the Society 2012 [digital], Member Conduct Rules 2013 [digital], Member Conduct Rules 2015 [digital], Member Conduct Rules 2018 [digital], 2021
20. Guidelines for Psychologists Working with Animals. Research Board. British Psychological Society. 2012 and Statement of Policy on the Use of Animals in Psychology
Content includes Working with Animal in Psychology, Legislation, Replacing the Use of Animals, Choice of Species and Strain, Number of Animals, Procedures, Procurement of Animals, Animal Care, Disposal of Animals, Animals in Psychology Teaching, The Use of Animals for Therapeutic Purposes, Clinical Assessment and Treatment of Animal Behaviour, Obtaining Further Information. References, Websites [revised 2020]
21. Code of Human Research Ethics. The British Psychological Society. Printed Booklet. December 2014 [revised 2020]
22. Code of Ethics and Conduct. Guidance published by the Ethics Committee of the British Psychological Society. Printed Booklet February 2018. Introduction, Structure of the Code, Ethical Principles - respect, competence, responsibility, integrity, Conclusion. Further Information.
23. Neuroethics and the British Psychological Society Research Ethics Code: An Updated Discussion Paper. 2017
24.
2020 BPS Ethics best practice guidance on conducting research with human participants during Covid-19’ [digital only]
2020 BPS ‘Statement on ethics review and independent research with human participants’ [digital only]
25.
2020 BPS Guidelines for psychologists working with animals [digital only]
Others
1997 Ethical Guidelines on Forensic Psychology. Division of Forensic Psychology 1997
2018 Ethical Guidelines for Applied Psychological Practice in the Field of Extremism, Violent Extremism and Terrorism. Division of Forensic Psychology 2018
2017 Neuroethics and the British Psychological Society Research Ethics [digital]
2018 Ethical Guidelines for Applied Psychological Practice in the Field of Extremisim, Violent Extremism and Terrorism [digital]
2019 Psychology and Media Productions [digital only]
2020 Psychologists and Media
2017 and 2020 Statement of Policy on Authorship and Publication Credit (produced by the Research Board to supplement the Code of Ethics and Conduct) [digital]
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