Ethics and Professional Conduct Flashcards
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A BCBA is designing a behavior intervention plan for a client from a different cultural background. What does ethical cultural competence require?
Answer: Consider cultural values and practices when designing and implementing interventions
Ethical practice requires culturally sensitive assessment and intervention design that respects the client's cultural context and incorporates it into the treatment process.
What is the purpose of requiring BACB certificants to complete ongoing Continuing Education Units (CEUs)?
Answer: To ensure certificants maintain and update competence throughout their careers
CEU requirements ensure behavior analysts stay current with the evolving scientific literature and maintain the competence needed for ethical, evidence-based practice.
A BCBA provides supervision to a BCBA-candidate but also employs that candidate in their private practice. Which ethical concern does this arrangement raise?
Answer: A dual relationship where the supervisory and employment roles could compromise the quality of supervision
When a supervisor also employs a supervisee, the power differential inherent in both roles can compromise supervision quality and the supervisee's ability to raise concerns.
Which of the following represents an ethical billing practice under the BACB Ethics Code?
Answer: Billing accurately for only the services actually delivered, with proper documentation
Ethical billing requires accuracy, honesty, and documentation that matches the services actually provided, with no inflation or misrepresentation of services.
A client's parent asks a BCBA to falsify an evaluation report to qualify the child for additional insurance-funded services. What must the BCBA do?
Answer: Decline; falsifying reports is fraudulent and violates the Ethics Code regardless of the reason
Falsifying records or reports constitutes fraud and a serious ethics violation; behavior analysts must refuse such requests and may need to document the refusal.
According to the BACB Ethics Code, what must be included in a behavior reduction plan before it can be implemented?
Answer: Informed consent from the client or guardian, and appropriate review processes as required
Behavior reduction plans require informed consent and, depending on the setting, may require review by a human rights committee or other oversight body before implementation.
A BCBA realizes mid-treatment that a different evidence-based intervention would likely produce better outcomes for a client than the current plan. What is the ethical course of action?
Answer: Discuss the updated clinical recommendation with the client or guardian and revise the plan with consent
Behavior analysts must act in the client's best interest by recommending the most effective interventions and obtaining consent before implementing any changes to the treatment plan.