Portions of the American Psychological Association's 'Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct' relevant to the sexual conduct of Psychologists.
**Sexual Harassment**
Psychologists do not engage in sexual harassment.
Sexual harassment is sexual solicitation, physical advances, or verbal or nonverbal conduct that is sexual in nature, that occurs in connection with the psychologist’s activities or roles as a psychologist, and that either
(1) is unwelcome, is offensive, or creates a hostile workplace or educational environment, and the psychologist knows or is told this or
(2) is sufficiently severe or intense to be abusive to a reasonable person in the context.
Sexual harassment can consist of a single intense or severe act or of multiple persistent or pervasive acts.
**Other Harassment**
Psychologists do not knowingly engage in behavior that is harassing or demeaning to persons with whom they interact in their work based on factors such as those persons’ age, gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, culture, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, language, or socioeconomic status.
**Exploitative Relationships**
Psychologists do not exploit persons over whom they have supervisory, evaluative or other authority such as clients/patients, students, supervisees, research participants, and employees
**Sexual Relationships with Students and Supervisees**
Psychologists do not engage in sexual relationships with students or supervisees who are in their department, agency, or training center or over whom psychologists have or are likely to have evaluative authority.
Psychologists do not engage in sexual intimacies with current therapy clients/patients
Psychologists do not engage in sexual intimacies with individuals they know to be close relatives, guardians, or significant others of current clients/patients. Psychologists do not terminate therapy to circumvent this standard.
Psychologists do not accept as therapy clients/patients persons with whom they have engaged in sexual intimacies.
Psychologists do not engage in sexual intimacies with former clients/patients for at least two years after cessation or termination of therapy
Psychologists do not engage in sexual intimacies with former clients/patients even after a two-year interval except in the most unusual circumstances. Psychologists who engage in such activity after the two years following cessation or termination of therapy and of having no sexual contact with the former client/patient bear the burden of demonstrating that there has been no exploitation, in light of all relevant factors.
**Multiple Relationships**
A multiple relationship occurs when a psychologist is in a professional role with a person and
(1) at the same time is in another role with the same person,
(2) at the same time is in a relationship with a person closely associated with or related to the person with whom the psychologist has the professional relationship, or
(3) promises to enter into another relationship in the future with the person or a person closely associated with or related to the person.
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