Situationist ethics framing allows professionals to waive moral prohibitions.

Evidence

Adopting a situationist view of ethics, Melvin Gravitz explained to the CIA that a code of ethics must be used flexibly depending on circumstances. He invoked the national obligation justification for involving psychologists in military interrogations. A former APA president reassured the CIA that prolonged sleep deprivation is not torture. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2376

Categorization

• QUESTION: Which APA president claimed sleep deprivation is not torture, and what standards of evidence backed the claim?
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2376