Two amendments were added to the apa code of ethics in 2010. these amendments emphasize that

The APA or American Psychological Association has 2 amendments. These are:

1. Conflicts Between Ethics and Law, Regulations, or Other Governing Legal Authority.

If psychologists’ moral authority and leadership conflict with the law, protocols, or other governing lawful authority, psychologists elucidate the nature of the struggle, make known their pledge to the Ethics Code and take sensible steps to resolve the conflict reliable with the said rules and regulation.

2. Conflicts Between Ethics and Organizational Demands.

If the commands or requests of a society with which an expert or specialist in psychology is associated or for whom they are employed are in contrasts with this Ethics Code, an expert or specialist in psychology explain the nature of the conflict, make known their obligation to the Ethics Code.

It all means that an expert or specialist in psychology can unable to use moral values from the code to validate, legalize or defend the defilement of human rights