E. Ethics Flashcards
The direct recipient of the behavior analyst’s services. At various times during service provision, one or more stakeholders may simultaneously meet the definition of client (e.g., the point at which they receive direct training or consultation). In some contexts, the client might be a group of individuals (e.g., with organizational behavior management services).
Client
An individual, other than the client, who is impacted by and invested in the behavior analyst’s services (e.g., parent, caregiver, relative, legally authorized representative, collaborator, employer, agency or institutional representative, licensure board, funder, third-party contractor for services).
Stakeholder
Benefit others
Behave with integrity
Treat others with compassion, dignity, and respect
Ensure their competence
4 core/foundational principles for ethics
Behavior analysts work to maximize benefits and do no harm and to….
Benefit others
Behavior analysts behave toward others with compassion, dignity, and respect by…
Treating others with compassion, dignity and respect
Behavior analysts fulfill responsibilities to their scientific and professional communities, to society in general, and to the communities they serve by:
Behaving with Integrity
Behavior analysts ensure…
their Competence
What type of Services are explicitly based on the principles and procedures of behavior analysis and are designed to change behavior in meaningful ways? These services include, but are not limited to, assessment, behavior-change interventions, training, consultation, managing and supervising others, and delivering continuing education.
Behavioral services
An incompatibility between a behavior analysts’ private
and professional interests resulting in risk or potential risk
to services provided to, or the professional relationship
with, a client, stakeholder, supervisee, trainee, or research participant. Conflicts may result in a situation in which personal, financial, or professional considerations have the potential to influence or compromise professional judgment in the delivery of behavioral services, research, consultation, supervision, training, or any other professional activity.
Conflict of Interest
Providing the opportunity for an individual to give informed consent for services or research involves communicating about and taking appropriate steps to confirm understanding of:
1) the purpose of the services or research;
2) the expected time commitment and procedures involved;
3) the right to decline to participate or withdraw at any time without adverse consequences;
4) potential benefits, risks, discomfort, or adverse effects;
5) any limits to confidentiality or privacy;
6) any incentives for research participation;
7) whom to contact for questions or concerns at any time; and
8) the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers.
Information
Informed Consent in service/ research
Providing the opportunity
for an individual to give informed consent to share or use their information involves communicating about:
1) the purpose and intended use; 2) the audience;
3) the expected duration; 4) the right to decline or withdraw consent at any time;
5) potential risks or benefits;
6) any limitations to confidentiality or privacy;
7) whom to contact for questions or concerns at any time; and 8) the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers.
Informed consent for Information Use/Sharing:
A comingling of two or more of a behavior analyst’s roles (e.g., behavioral and personal) with a client, stakeholder, supervisee, trainee, research participant, or someone closely associated with or related to the client.
Multiple Relationship
Delivery of information (digital or otherwise) in a public
forum for the purpose of either better informing that audience or providing a call-to-action. This includes paid or unpaid advertising, brochures, printed material, directory listings, personal resumes or curriculum vitae, interviews, or comments for use in media (e.g., print, statements in legal proceedings, lectures and public presentations, social media, published materials).
Public Statements
Any data-based activity, including analysis of preexisting data, designed to generate generalizable knowledge for the discipline.
The use of an experimental design does not by itself constitute research.
Research
A group of professionals whose stated purpose is to review research proposals to ensure the ethical treatment of human research participants. This committee might be an official entity of a government or university (e.g., Institutional Review Board, Research Ethics Board), an independent committee within a service organization, or an independent organization created for this purpose.
Research Review Committee
