Every psychologist faces the need to deal with ethical issues in his everyday practice (Banyard & Flanagan, 2006). Appropriate knowledge and practical skills needed to cope with situations when the solutions are difficult to be determined is the key to being a highly-qualified specialist. The case described in Situation 1 included into General Psychology – Addiction section presents an example of a situation when the psychologist faces several ethical issues. The main ethical issue is related to the necessity to complete substance abuse assessment in the circumstances that can significantly harm the reliability of the results. Such situation can lead to irreversible negative results, including the inappropriate treatment of the patients and the harm that can be done to their health. The situation presents an ethical issue related to the need to follow the “Principle D: Justice” obliging psychologists to provide all patients with services of equal quality (APA, 2010a, p. 3). In addition, the psychologist faces the need to take actions aimed at preventing the described negative consequences of limitation in assessment, as according to the Standard “3.04. Avoiding Harm”, it is his/her ethical and professional duty to “take reasonable steps to avoid harming” the clients (APA, 2010a, p. 6). The actions that can help to resolve the issues can start with providing adequate information about the risks that can be caused by the limitation in time while conducting the assessment. Such step corresponds to ethical principle “1.04. Informal Resolution of Ethical Violations” (APA, 2010a, p. 4). However, the informal resolution can be ineffective as the person in charge of setting seems to be unwilling to expand the time limit. According to the principle “9.01 Bases for Assessments”, psychologists have to provide their professional opinion based on the assessment that is adequate and corresponds to basic requirements to assessments (APA, 2010a, p. 12). If such requirements cannot be followed, the psychologists have to document the specifics of the conducted assessment and indicate the possible impact of the limitations on the results of the study (APA, 2010a, p. 12). Therefore, the next step should include documenting the corresponding limitations of the study caused by an inappropriate amount of time provided to conduct the assessment. The discussed issue and other standards described in the Code of Ethics directly relate to my future career in psychology as every psychologist has to build his/her everyday practice on ethical principles. The work of psychologist cannot be effective and professional if he/she does not know and fully understand the standards and principles described by APA. While the knowledge of General Principles will guide the direction of my professional activities and serve as the foundation for my professional goals and choices, the ethical standards will help to make my everyday practice more efficient and help me in cases of meeting complicated ethical issues and dilemmas. Besides serving as the basis for my future career, the Ethical Principles described by APA influence my experience of being a graduate learner in psychology. They b