National Ethics Codes
The Ethics Committee have consolidated many national psychological associations’ ethics codes into one place. We believe that the more ethics code information we can share with others the stronger the discipline of psychology becomes, as readers can view other documents to examine overlap and differences. Please note that some country listings have both the web page where a link to the code can be found, along with a separate link to the code itself, whereas others include only a link to the code itself. Some countries have more than one professional association or more than one code. Additionally, there are a few codes in which English translations or versions have been included because the code could not be found online, or they are available through universities or other organizations, but we are working on including official sites. We have checked with native individuals, when possible, to confirm accuracy and have done our best but given code developments, link changes, and possible inaccuracies there may be some updates needed. This listing is a work in progress so please check back for any updates. If you would like to add a link and a code or clarify an inaccuracy, we welcome them to ethics@iaapsy.org
American Psychological Association
https://www.apa.org/ethics/code
https://www.apa.org/ethics/code/ethics-code-2017.pdf
Argentina
https://fepra.org.ar/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Codigo-de-E%CC%81tica-de-la-FePRA.pdf
Australian Psychological Society
https://psychology.org.au/about-us/what-we-do/ethics-and-practice-standards/aps-code-of-ethics
Austria
https://www.boep.or.at/berufspolitik/ethikrichtlinien
https://www.boep.or.at/download/5e5516953c15c84e6600001e/Ethics_Guidline.pdf
Belgium
https://www.psy.be/fr/code-de-deontologie
Bermuda
https://www.gov.bm/psychology https://www.gov.bm/sites/default/files/BPC%20Ethical%20Principles%20and%20Code%20of%20Conduct%202019.pdf
Brazil
https://site.cfp.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/codigo-de-etica-psicologia.pdf
British Psychological Society
https://www.bps.org.uk/guideline/code-ethics-and-conduct
https://explore.bps.org.uk/binary/bpsworks/bf9d9fead1dfec7c/3acfadeebe810a324dde720ea7b34b6e87a80cad1de5471be0810935dac0415b/inf94_2021.pdf
https://www.bps.org.uk/guideline/bps-code-human-research-ethics
Bulgaria
http://psychology-bg.org/етичен-кодекс/
Canadian Psychological Association
https://cpa.ca/aboutcpa/committees/ethics/codeofethics/
https://cpa.ca/docs/File/Ethics/CPA_Code_2017_4thEd.pdf https://cpa.ca/docs/File/Ethics/CPA_Code_2017_4thEdFR.pdf
Chile
http://colegiopsicologos.cl/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1999-Codigo-de-Etica-2a-Edicion.pdf
China
https://www.capachina.org/ethics https://www.capachina.org/_files/ugd/201d2d_e1a0092216414623afbec1b9aadc618b.pdf
Costa Rica
https://psicologiacr.com/sdm_downloads/codigo-de-etica-y-deontologico-del-cppcr-reforma2019/
Cuba
https://cubapsi.blogia.com/2007/030202-codigo-de-etica.php
Cyprus
https://www.cypsa.org.cy/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/CYPSA-ethics-code1.pdf
Czech-Moravian Psychological Society
https://cmpsy.cz/files/EK/Ethical%20Code_CZ_2017_en.pdf
Dominican Republic
https://codopsi.com.do/codigo-de-etica-y-disciplina/
https://codopsi.com.do/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/CODIGO-ETICA.pdf
El Salvador
https://cssp.gob.sv/servicios/descarga-de-documentos/junta-de-vigilancia-de-la-profesion-enpsicologia-jvpp/ https://cssp.gob.sv/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/C%C3%93DIGO-DE-%C3%89TICAACTUALIZADO.pdf
France
https://www.sfpsy.org/2020/09/29/deontologie/code-de-deontologie/ https://www.sfpsy.org/2020/11/03/deontologie/code-ethique-de-la-recherche-sfp02deontologie/code-dethique-des-chercheurs/
Germany
https://www.dgps.de/die-dgps/aufgaben-und-ziele/berufsethische-richtlinien
Greece https://seps.gr/epaggelmatika/kodiakas-deontologias/
Guatemala
https://www.colegiodepsicologos.org.gt/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Codigo-Etica-10-92018-1.pdf
Haiti
https://ahpsy.org.ht/code-de-deontologie-des-psychologues-exercant-en-haiti-2010/
Hong Kong Psychological Society
https://hkps.org.hk/en/code_of_professional_conduct/ https://www.hkps.org.hk/upload/page/14/self/5d107c2fe8007.pdf
Hungary
https://mpt.hu/a-tarsasagrol/dokumentumok/etikai-kodex/
https://mpt.hu/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Etikai-Kodex-jelenlegi-2021-07-03-GDPRmiatt.pdf
Indonesia
https://himpsi.or.id/kode-etik
https://nos.wjv-1.neo.id/himpsi-dev/master/Handout-PSY204-Kode-Etik-PsikologiIndonesia.pdf
Ireland
https://www.psychologicalsociety.ie/Article/Code-of-Ethics-1 https://www.psychologicalsociety.ie/source/Code%20of%20Professional%20Ethics%20(Oct%202019).pdf
Italy
https://www.psy.it/la-professione-psicologica/codice-deontologico-degli-psicologi-italiani/
Research: https://www.dsu.univr.it/documenti/Avviso/all/all636315.pdf
Japan
https://psych.or.jp/english/ethical/
Kyrgyzstan
https://auca.kg/en/ibhar_ethics_code/ https://auca.kg/uploads/IBH-AR/Ethics_Code_Psychologists_Kyrgyzstan_rus.pdf
Latvia
http://www.lppapsihologi.lv/lv/pages/dokumenti/etikas-kodekss
Lithuania
http://www.psichologusajunga.lt/lps/admin/spaw2/uploads/files/Psichologu%20profesines%2 0etikos%20kodeksas%202017_1.pdf
Luxembourg
https://www.slp.lu/en/6756-2/ https://www.slp.lu/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ethical_code.pdf
Malaysian Society of Clinical Psychologists
https://www.mscp.my/ethics Malta https://www.mcp.org.mt/ethics-and-conduct/ https://www.mcp.org.mt/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Code-of-Ethics-and-Conduct.pdf
Mexico
https://www.psicologia.unam.mx/documentos/pdf/comite_etica/CODIGO_ETICO_SMP.pdf https://colegiopsicologiaedomex.org.mx/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/codigo-de-etica.pdf
Netherlands
https://psynip.nl/beroepskwaliteit/beroepscode/ https://psynip.nl/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Code-of-ethics-Beroepscode-NIP-Engels.pdf
New Zealand Psychological Society
https://www.psychology.org.nz/members/professional-resources/code-ethics
https://www.psychology.org.nz/journal-archive/code-of-ethics.pdf
Panama
https://ctppanama.com/ https://www.gacetaoficial.gob.pa/pdfTemp/28723_B/71776.pdf
Paraguay
https://spps.org.py/ https://spps.org.py/etica/
Peru
https://www.cpsp.pe/codigo-de-etica-y-deontologia https://www.cpsp.pe/documentos/marco_legal/codigo_de_etica_y_deontologia.pdf
Philippines
https://www.pap.ph/resources https://www.pap.ph/downloadable/PAP_Code_of_Ethics_for_Philippine_Psychologists.pdf https://www.pap.ph/downloadable/PRC_Code_of_Ethics_and_Professional_Standards_for_Psychology_Practitioners_in_the_Philippines.pdf
Poland
https://psych.org.pl/dla-psychologow/kodeks-etyczny
Portugal
https://www.ordemdospsicologos.pt/pt/cod_deontologico https://www.ordemdospsicologos.pt/ficheiros/documentos/web_cod_deontologico_pt_revisa o_2016_1.pdf
Puerto Rico
https://sipsych.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Puerto_Rico__Codigo_de_Etica_Asociacion_de_Psicologia.pdf
Romania
https://www.apsi.ro/2019/03/05/codul-de-etica-si-conduita-profesionala-al-apr/
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fijU-U67FLCrEVkqQ4pJqhflyu02PSFW/view
Russia
http://www.psyrus.ru/en/documents/code_ethics.php
San Marino
Ordine degli Psicologi Repubblica di San Marino | Codice Deontologico
Scandinavia (designated as Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden)*
https://www.psykologforbundet.se/Lon-och-avtal/Yrkesetiska-principer-for-psykologer-iNorden/
https://www.psykologforbundet.se/globalassets/a-om-forbundet/policy-ochstadgar/yrkesetiska-principer-for-psykologer-i-norden_2023.pdf (Swedish)
https://www.psykologforeningen.no/medlem/etikk (Norwegian)
Serbia
https://www.dps.org.rs/2009/422/ http://dps.org.rs/images/stories/pdf/DPS/Code%20of%20Ethics.pdf
Singapore
https://singaporepsychologicalsociety.org/sps-code-of-ethics/
Slovakia
https://amos.ukf.sk/mod/page/view.php?id=8739
South Africa
https://www.psyssa.com/publications/ethics/
https://www.psyssa.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/SOUTH-AFRICAN-PROFESSIONALCONDUCT-GUIDELINES-IN-PSYCHOLOGY-2007-PsySSA_updated_01-12-2016pdf.pdf
Spain
https://www.cop.es/index.php?page=CodigoDeontologico https://www.cop.es/pdf/CodigoDeontologicodelPsicologo-vigente.pdf
Switzerland
https://www.psychologie.ch/sites/default/files/media-files/201907/rz_19fsp_berufsordnung_4sprachig_web.pdf
Trinidad and Tobago
https://proyectoeticablog.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/repc3bablica-de-trinidad-ytobago1.pdf
Turkey
http://paluchja-zajecia.home.amu.edu.pl/etyka/tpa_ethics_code.pdf
https://opencourses.emu.edu.tr/pluginfile.php/56319/mod_resource/content/0/TPD%20etik% 20ilkeler.pdf
Ukraine
https://www.npa-ua.org/ethics
https://www.npa-ua.org/_files/ugd/86d9b8_91576161f5464bc2a8b1fa49dc327fd4.pdf
Uruguay
https://www.bps.gub.uy/bps/file/8120/1/codigo_de_etica_profesional_del_psicologo.pdf
Venezuela
https://www.fpv.org.ve/wordpress/bases-legales/
https://proyectoeticablog.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/cc3b3digo-venezuela1.pdf
* The Scandinavian countries share a code and we have included only the Swedish and Norwegian codes because they have been confirmed.
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