Operational Psychology and National Security - An Ethics Casebook

This book offers a comprehensive guide to ethical decision-making for practitioners of operational psychology working in national security and defense.

List of contents

Introduction Chapter 1. Ethics and the Evolution of Moral Reasoning Chapter 2. Hazards of Human Decision-Making Chapter 3. Psychology's Unifying Ethical Framework and Ethics Code Chapter 4. Operational Psychology Core Competencies Chapter 5. Professional Practice Guidelines for Operational Psychology Chapter 6. Informed Consent and Confidentiality Chapter 7. Doing Harm Ethically? Chapter 8. Multiple Relationships and Dual Agency Chapter 9. Maintaining Boundaries of Competency Chapter 10. Operational Psychology, AI, and the Next Ridgeline

About the author

Mark A. Staal serves as a consultant to the National Academy of Sciences and is the owner of OSS Consulting, LLC, North Carolina. He is the co-author of Operational Psychology: A New Field to Support National Security and Public Safety (with S. Harvey, 2019).

Product details

• Authors: Mark A. Staal
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 26.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032916118
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3291611-8
• No. of pages: 236
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), PSYCHOLOGY / General, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Law Enforcement, PSYCHOLOGY / Applied Psychology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, Defence strategy, planning & research, Politics & government, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Politics and government, Occupational and industrial psychology, Occupational & industrial psychology, Military and defence strategy, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science