Professionals do not practice, condone, facilitate, or collaborate with any form of discrimination. Professionals continually monitor how they demonstrate respect when working with diverse populations. The principle of Responsible Caring requires professionals actively to demonstrate a concern for the welfare of all individuals, groups, and communities with whom they interact professionally. There is an additional responsibility to take care that persons in vulnerable positions have equal access to the benefits of psychological knowledge and services. Professionals recognize the impact of society in creating and maintaining the problems and issues faced by persons who are perceived as different from the norm of mainstream society.
Professionals are committed to the belief that all human beings are of equal worth.
They are interested in empowering vulnerable persons so that they have equal opportunities in mainstream society, recognizing that in addition to personal coping skills this requires political and social changes. Professionals are particularly cognizant of power differentials in society that discriminate against diverse populations. Professionals recognize that in order to care adequately for the welfare of others, and especially for the welfare of those who are vulnerable, dependent, or suffer oppression and discrimination in society, they need to be competent in their professional activities. Competence requires specific knowledge, skills and attitudes used for the benefit of others. Competence also requires that professionals monitor their own fund of knowledge, personal values, experiences, biases, attitudes and socialization which influence how they practice.