ETHICAL STANDARDS

The Center for Applied Cognitive Studies has adopted the following ethical guidelines for Five-Factor Model practitioners:

• Competence: always strive to update your skills
• Peer review: accept responsibility for quality wherever, whomever
• Respect for the individual: believe there is no one right way to be
• Personal limits: refer to others when you are not qualified
• Supervision: always follow up when delegating
• Security: be vigilant to prevent unauthorized access to results
• Speak the truth: avoid exaggerated claims, limit interpretation to scope of test
• Confidentiality: informed consent; no disclosure without permission
• Research: remove individual identities
• Disposal: insure non-readability