A special American Psychological Association (APA) committee is frequently the way American psychologists wonder out loud about some new problem and what we can do about it. The present committee has been talking and probing around for more than two years, and we now want the larger APA audience to know what we are doing. This report discusses the establishment of the Committee on Scientific and Professional Responsibility. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)