Response to Staal "Psychological Ethics and Operational Psychology"--Fundamental Issues and Methods.

We here respond to Staal's (2018) critique of the Brookline Principles on the Ethical Practice of Operational Psychology. Staal proclaimed that there are no major ethical problems in the domain of operational psychology, and, if there were, only operational psychologists would be qualified to address the problems. We respond to Staal by providing (a) background to the Brookline Workshop, (b) a case of abuse by a Behavioral Science Consultant psychologist at Guantánamo, (c) perspectives-- ours and Staal's--on the ethics of operational psychology, (d) implications of the doctrine of civil--military relations, and (e) key considerations for ethics in operational psychology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]