PsySR Responds to Hoffman Report about APA Collusion

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PsySR Responds to Hoffman Report about APA Collusion

In unmistakable terms, the long-awaited Hoffman Report has confirmed longstanding allegations that the American Psychological Association (APA) curried favor with the US Department of Defense (DoD) by colluding to preserve unethical detention and interrogation practices – practices that involved psychologists in torture and abuse. The lengthy and detailed report delineates how APA staff and prominent Association leaders deceived and subverted the will of the membership to adopt and maintain ethics rules for psychologists “that were as closely aligned as possible with DoD policies, guidelines, practices, or preferences, as articulated to APA by these DoD officials.” These “highly permissive” ethics policies, the report unequivocally concludes, were “based on strategy and PR, not ethics analysis.” Continue reading PsySR Responds to Hoffman Report about APA Collusion

Merkel ‘gambling away’ Germany’s reputation over Greece, says Habermas

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Click Here to Read:  Merkel ‘gambling away’ Germany’s reputation over Greece, says Habermas by Philip Oltermann Exclusive: Intellectual figurehead of European integration says efforts of previous generations put at risk by Angela Merkel’s hardline stance on Greece on the Guardian Website on July 16, 2015.

German chancellor Angela Merkel has been accused of ‘punishing’ Greece. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images