Informed consent is of primary concern to researchers and to psychologists, rather than internal HR personnel. However, in that it deals with ethics, it is a topic that should be of concern to anyone involved in the assessment of people.
The following comes from Ken Pope’s webpage.
In the last couple of days I’ve expanded and updated a new web page of resources that may be helpful in thinking through the process of informed consent.
The resources fall into 3 categories:
1. links to examples of informed consent forms from different sources (e.g., the American Psychological Association Insurance Trust; Laura Brown Ph.D., ABPP; and the Center for Ethical Practice; the University of Rochester Counseling Center; the West Virginia University Carruth Center for Counseling & Psychological Services);
2. excerpts setting forth informed consent requirements from the standards and guidelines of professional associations (with links to the original documents) including the American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy; American Association of Christian Counselors; American Association of Spinal Cord Injury Psychologists & Social Workers; American Group Psychotherapy Association; American Mental Health Counselors Association; American Psychoanalytic Association; American Psychological Association; Association for Specialists in Group Work; British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy; British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors; California Board of Behavioral Sciences; Canadian Counselling Association; Canadian Psychiatric Association; Canadian Psychological Association; European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations; Irish Association for Counseling & Therapy; National Association of Social Workers; National Board for Certified Counselors; and Psychological Society of Ireland; and
3. quotes and information about informed consent from articles, books, and research studies.
