The research assistants were not given due credit or acknowledged for any input on the study. This could lead to conflict with authorship. According to the American Psychological Association(APA), ethics suggest that all researchers should only take credit for their substantial contributions without denying recognition to the relative contributions of others involved in the research study.

Counseling students usually follow the American Counseling Association's Code of Ethics. However, it does address ethics in research. What recourse do graduate assistants have based on this specific code of ethics in research and receive due credit for any input in a research study?