title: How big is the competent community? And who gets in?
abstract: Comments on the original article, "The competent community: Toward a vital reformulation of professional ethics," by W. B. Johnson et al. (see record 2012-04007-001). Johnson et al. offered a welcome and promising glimpse into the future of psychology ethics. The notion that the field of psychology should encourage its members to make a communitarian commitment toward caring for each other as well as those we serve seems indubitable and perhaps even overdue. Assuming that the merits of the "competent community" are recognized, a couple of subsequent questions regarding its implementation should be addressed. First, how big should the competent community be? The second question centers on who gets in to our professional community in the first place: Should admission to graduate programs in psychology depend on an applicant's commitment to communitarianism?
authors.affiliation: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.
authors.forename: Andrew M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Pomerantz
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011361:Professional Competence; D011584:Psychology / Q000941:ethics*; D012941:Social Responsibility