Guided Response404

Guided Response 404

Guided Response: Review several of your classmates’ posts and respond to at least two of your peers by 11:59 p.m. on Day 7 of the week. You are encouraged to post your required replies earlier in the week to promote more meaningful and interactive discourse in this discussion.

Analyze your peer’s plan to establish trust and protect confidentiality. If you were a supervisor or employee in this instance, would this plan work for you? Why, or why not? How might this plan be strengthened? Critically examine and reconcile any discrepancies between your classmate’s plan and your own. Suggest improvements or alternatives that might be included to increase honest participation by the stakeholders. Continue to monitor the discussion forum until 5:00 p.m. MST on Day 7 of the week and respond to anyone who replies to your initial post.

Mark as Unread week 3 discussion 1 Karla Garcia Email this Author 3/24/2016 6:10:50 PM

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read the Fisher (2009) article, “Replacing ‘Who is the Client?’ With a Different Ethical Question” and the APA’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct: Including 2010 Amendments paying special attention to standard 3.11.

Informed consent is an important ethical component of research and practice. It is not, however, always sufficient or appropriate for consulting, program evaluation, job effectiveness assessment, or other psychological services delivered to or through organizations because it does not always address all the necessary elements of a given situation. These facts do not negate our responsibility as psychology professionals to inform clients and those who may be impacted by our services. In the discussion you will address these issues through the following case study.

You are an industrial organizational (I/O) psychologist and have been hired to evaluate a company’s “Work From Home” policy to see if it has increased company production. In addition to a review of the employee records, the evaluation needs to include interviews with supervisors and employees on the value and limits of the policy. Since informed consent as typically considered in clinical, counseling, and research settings will not be sufficient in this instance, you will need to inform all supervisors and employees about your services.

In your initial post, briefly analyze and define who the client is in this case study. Assess your professional role as the I/O psychologist and your responsibility to the client as defined. Apply the APA’s Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct to this scenario, specifically addressing what information should be provided to all supervisors and employees. Explain how you would disseminate this information and ensure understanding amongst all stakeholders. Elaborate on how you would establish trust with the employees, protect employee identities, and ensure the results are used in an ethical manner.

For this case study the main client is the company. This does not mean that each employee is not as valued as a client. Thay are also all my clients and this is where the code of conduct and informed consent become tricky. In order to gain trust I must clearly explain all my procedures and rationale clearly to each individual. I may collect all the information I need without giving away any employees anonymity. The biggest concern I would have would be trying to make sure the information I am gathering is being used ethically and morally. I would like to know my information is being used to benefit both the company and the employee. As a Psychologist we are used to helping not hurting individuals and of course this would also ring true in this case. The lines of conduct and informed consent may become blurred but can not be forgotten or overlooked. A Psychologist needs to be trusted by all parties involved.

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