I hope that members of APS, the Association for Psychological Science, will make every effort to inform the media and general public that this very large national and international association of psychologists was not involved in any way with the 'advising' of the governmental policies regarding methods of torture.
The differences between the APA and the APS involve more than a deep concern with the quality of the scientific data behind conclusions. The APS applies exemplary ethical policies regarding the publication of research studies in their journals. They insist on total transparency by the authors regarding their source of funding as well as requiring a public statement that there was no conflict of interest. The APS is also far more willing to make their published research available to the public for free in stark contrast to the APA. The public and media need to be made aware of the exemplary ethics of the APS and its members. If you are not a member, consider checking out the following website. It clarifies its full agenda and, by so doing, explains why the charter members in 1988 felt it was absolutely necessary to create an organization of psychologists separate and distinct from the APA. I should add that the APS does not require folks to have a PhD to become a full participating member. http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/about Joan Joan Warmbold Boggs Professor of Psychology [email protected] > Just to be clear: The NY Times article I link to below describes > the report that was released and some of the circumstance around > it which the APA response posted by Chris Green addresses. > The actual reported is also accessible via the NY Time website > at: > http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/05/01/us/document-report.html > > This can be read on the NYT website or downloaded as a PDF. > Note: the PDF is 61 pages long. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > > ----------------- Original Message -------------- > On Fri, 01 May 2015 07:51:24 -0700, Christopher Green wrote: >>On May 1, 2015, at 10:00 AM, Mike Palij <[email protected]> wrote: >> Make up your own mind: >> >> http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/01/us/report-says-american-psychological-association-collaborated-on-torture-justification.html?emc=edit_th_20150501&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=389166&_r=0 > > > APA's response to NYT article: > > April 30, 2015 > > APA Public and Member Communications > > Statement from APA in response to April 30, 2015 New York Times article > > Members have contacted the APA Central Office expressing concerns about > this > morning's New York Times article which recirculated allegations about > APA > support for the CIA's torture program. We understand those concerns. > APA > senior governance and staff take the allegations of support for torture > and the > public misunderstanding they have created very seriously. > > When James Risen first made his allegations last October we released a > statement refuting them > (http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2014/11/risen-allegations.aspx ). > However, due to the seriousness of the allegations we believed that they > required an independent and definitive review. As you know, outside > attorney > David Hoffman of the law firm Sidley Austin was asked to conduct such a > review. > Mr. Hoffman has broad experience in conducting independent reviews and > an > unchallenged reputation for independence and integrity. His work on the > review > is ongoing. > > Mr. Hoffman's review is fully independent and it is important that it be > perceived as such by the public. Toward that end, and while the review > is > on-going, APA is not making any comment on the merit of the allegations. > Mr. > Hoffman has full and unfettered access to the people and documents he > deems > necessary for the review - to the extent APA can control such access. > His > report will determine the facts. While we are hopeful that the report > will > clear APA's name (especially since the allegations are so antithetical > to > psychology's mission and APA's actual work) we believe that it is > important > that Mr. Hoffman be given as much time as he needs to do a thorough > review. > Regardless of the outcome, we believe the independent review is critical > to the > Association being able to move forward. > > We tentatively expect the review to be completed later this spring or > early > this summer but the final completion schedule will be determined by Mr. > Hoffman. Once it is completed and the report received and reviewed by > the APA > Board of Directors (with input from the APA Council of Representatives) > it will > be made public, in its entirety, along with any initial responsive > actions that > APA determines are needed. The Council will also have a second > opportunity to > review the report and take additional actions during its August meeting. > > -2- > > When the report is released, we will undertake a proactive > communications > program to inform members and the general public of the report findings. > That > outreach will include contact with national and international media, > social > media outreach and a same-day communications to all APA members. > > In terms of what APA has done today, we have shared a response statement > with > media and have also posted a response to Facebook and Twitter. More > information is also available on the APA website. If you are interested > in a > full chronology of APA's action and policies concerning national > security > interrogations see: > > http://www.apa.org/news/press/statements/interrogations.aspx > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752d0d&n=T&l=tips&o=44436 > or send a blank email to > leave-44436-49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=44439 or send a blank email to leave-44439-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
