Introduction

• The EATA Ethical Code is intended to act as a guideline for national organisations affiliated to EATA and for each EATA member.

• It is intended to help EATA members working in psychotherapy, counselling, organisational and educational fields to act ethically

• Each national association has the task of applying it coherently to the deontological national code

• Furthermore, this Code informs the public about what behaviour they can expect in these contexts from members of this Association.

• National organisations, affiliated to EATA, assume the EATA ethical code and use it as a frame of reference to analyse specific situations for its members. Each EATA member needs to conform to it in his or her practice. If this is not the case, the National Associations will formulate sanctions.

•  The official language of EATA is English… therefore the English version is the officially recognised version.

This Code has three sections

• Section 1 is an introduction to the Code pointing out the basic perspective about Ethics

• Section 2 is the core of the Code and explains the definition of fundamental values and related ethical principles

• Section 3: This short section is designed to be a bridge to ethical practice.

See EATA Ethics Code  (Updated – February 13th 2012)

See Codul de Etica EATA 2012  (Romanian Version – 2012)

See Codice Etico dell’EATA   (Italian Version – 2012)

In July 2016 EATA Council approved the creation of a facility to review any affiliated organisations management of ethical and professional practices complaints. This facility is called an Ethical review Panel (ERP).

An ERP is an appeal panel. It can be used by EATA members where they consider the outcome of an affiliated organisations’ ethical procedures and practices included a failure of the affiliated organisation to effectively apply its own procedures and protocols or where it is considered that the existing procedures and protocols are unfit for practice.

A case must be made to the EATA Ethical Advisor following the Ethical Review Panel Procedures and Protocols which can be downloaded here.

Anyone wishing to request EATA to form an ERP is strongly advised to contact the Ethical Advisor to discuss their case prior to submission.

Robin Hobbes
EATA Ethical Advisor
ethics-advisor@eatanews.org

Download the Ethical Review Panel Procedure

EATA PROCEDURES FOR HANDLING ETHICAL AND PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES COMPLAINTS