The details are damning. It was clearly about expanding turf/scope of practice with a “deal with the devil” to bypass civilian regulations & go after DoD💰💰💰 There was not any commitment to human rights but manipulating words to craft unethical policy
Conflicts of interest, especially unreported, are a massive source of ethical failure. First, clinicians should inherently know torture is unethical as well as “unprofessional” but if they lack a moral compass or ethics, reporting COI can flag to others
#Research: Professionalism & Conflicting Interests: The American Psychological Association’s Involvement in Torture https://t.co/Mj4MgfMdOt
Individuals must question power and authority https://t.co/DtYDTWPwk9