Consulting Psychology Journal, Vol 77(2), Jun 2025, 104-117; doi:10.1037/cpb0000281
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly infusing organizations and consulting practice but ethical guidance specific to AI lags. This article identifies ethical duties and responsibilities of consulting and industrial–organizational psychologists, AI content developers, and managers when working with AI. The article contextualizes contemporary AI (broadly defined) and AI ethics in their long history, but it notes that the complexity of ethical and legal issues associated with AI have greatly accelerated. The article demonstrates that although there is little in the current ethics codes of psychologists specifically addressing AI, the existing ethical standards clearly are applicable. Other codes of ethics are also considered in the article, demonstrating that the same ethical constructs (in this case, beneficence/nonmaleficence; competence; confidentiality; informed consent; data ownership, usage, and retention; and scientific basis of products and processes) are relevant to other professions working with AI. Emerging AI laws in the United States and the European Union are briefly discussed. Ethical roles for consulting and industrial–organizational psychologists at the individual, group, and organizational levels are identified and a case provided. Some ways that psychologists can maintain their ethical requirements when working with others (e.g., managers and product developers) are also discussed. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)