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International Journal of Social Psychology
Revista de Psicología Social
Volume 13, 1998 - Issue 2
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Responsabilidad del psicólogo en la acción social: ¿quién es el “cliente”?

Psychologist's responsability in social action: who is the “client”?

Pages 303-309 | Published online: 23 Jan 2014
 

Resumen

La búsqueda de prestigio científico ha llevado la acción social (AS) a ignorar o menospreciar sus dimensiones valorativas. Esas dimensiones son particularmente importantes y complejas en una forma de acción globalizaday plural dirigida al cambio social y personal a través de la influencia externa. Núcleo temático central es la responsabilidad, cuya orientación (ante quién es responsable el psicólogo) se plantea y discute brevemente en este artículo.

Comunidad, grupo más vulnerable, gobierno y cliente nominal, son los destinatarios posibles según los campos y preferencias valorativas (elegir destinatario es cuestión esencial de justicia social). Es erróneo designar un destinatario único para todos los contextos y procesos interventivos: como escenario complejo en términos de actores, intereses y contextos, en la AS existen siempre varios destinatarios. Elegir un destinatarioprimario ni excluye responsabilidades hacia el resto ni exime de evaluar las particularidades de cada caso. Sí exige clarificar los valores implicados para poder jerarquizar los destinatariosposibles optimizando los criterios de vulnerabilidad (o injusticia relativa) y alcance o impacto social.

Abstract

The quest for scientific prestige has led social action (SA) to overlook or disregard its value dimensions. Those dimensions are especially relevant and complex in a plural and global way of action aiming at the social and personal change through external influence. A central value theme is that of responsability, whose orientation (to whom is the psychologist responsible in SA) is posed and briefly discussed in this paper.

The community, the most vulnerable, the government and the designated client are the potential «targets» mentioned depending on the field and value preferences -the choice of «target» has relevant bearings on social justice. Since SA is a complex stage implying multiple actors, interests and fields, there always are several targets: it seems wrong to designate a single one across intervention contexts and processes. The option of a primary «client» neither removes duties toward the others nor dispense with evaluating each particular situation. It does demand, though, a clarification of the values implied by optimizing the criteria of vulnerability (or relative injustice) and social impact.

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