The new age of ethics: education and student-led discussion

In their focal article, Banks et al.(2022) introduced an American Psychological Association (APA)-based ethical decision-making framework that members of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) should use when encountering ethical dilemmas. We agree that all SIOP members should follow this framework; however, we suggest taking a proactive approach to ethical dilemmas that incorporates academic institutions and student-led discussions before engaging in any of the steps of the proposed framework. Like the framework itself, this suggestion will enhance the elements of ethics educational training that, fortunately, are increasingly prevalent within industrial-organizational (IO) psychology curricula. Current state of ethical decision-making education Banks et al.(2022) note that one of the goals of the SIOP Committee for the Advancement of Professional Ethics (CAPE) is to provide …

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