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Sam is the clinical director for an ABA agency. They make sure to integrate the Ethics Code into case review meetings and other professional discussions so that everything is looked at through an ethical lens. Sam has also set up a company hotline for employees to anonymously ask questions or report misconduct. This exemplifies which core principle?

Mareesa started a master’s degree program in ABA. While taking classes she also worked at an Autism center nearby. She was placed on a team for a client named Seb. The supervising BCBA went through a list of skills she would be taught from beginning to end of supervision experience. The first task for Mareesa was to observe the current therapist work with Seb while practicing taking data. The BCBA collected IOA and gave Mareesa feedback. Given this scenario, what is the role of Mareesa?

BCaBA Aimee is continuing coursework and fieldwork hours in pursuit of BCBA credential. Her supervisor, Linda, has tasked her with finding two evidence-based options in the literature detailing effective procedures to assist with Ramona’s self-injury. Given this scenario, what is the role of Aimee?

Tatiana, a BCBA has been hired by a large pediatric practice specifically to develop individualized behavior plans for parents to use with their children with toilet training difficulties. Her first case is with Dennis and his 5-year-old son Marco. Given this scenario, what is the role of Tatiana?

Kalena believes consistency is critical in providing high quality services. She is committed to always running a full analog functional analysis before starting an intervention.  A new client is engaging in severe self-injurious behavior and Kalena explains to the family that she will need to conduct a functional analysis to determine function. The family is concerned with the risks of allowing the behavior to occur at potentially high rates during the procedure. Kalena informs them that if she is unable to perform the functional analysis she will be unable to provide services. This describes which issue with using virtue ethics to analyze this dilemma?

Gustavo serves adolescents with a history of severe behavior at a residential facility. He is designing a level system to help reduce aggression and increase self-care skills. The level system will involve restricting privileges at the facility until the clients demonstrate prolonged progress towards their goals. He takes the time to look through research and to get familiar with local regulations. He also gets to know each client and discuss with the family what would be appropriate to use as rewards within the program. This typically means the program start is delayed.  Which of the following is likely to be an issue with taking this approach?

Tenisha is the principal of an elementary school that offers educational services to children with various needs. She has two BCBAs on staff, Blake and Macy, who provide services directly in the classrooms. Given this scenario, what is the role of Tenisha?

Saabira is a BCBA who serves families in her community. One weekend, while running errands, she sees a mother of one of her clients standing at a bus stop in the pouring rain without an umbrella. Saabira considers offering the mother a ride home, but immediately realizes that this might constitute a multiple relationship, so she passes the mother and continues home.  Saabira is doing which of the following when analyzing this ethical dilemma?

Henrick, a BCBA, is writing a request for services for a 4 year-old with autism who has significant developmental delays. He discovers that the client’s insurance provider is notorious about rejecting requests for treatment which focuses only on acquisition skills, citing a lack of “medical necessity”. In order to ensure this child gets approval, Henrick adds “physical aggression” to the list of target behaviors, even though aggression has been very minor and within a typical range of expectancy. This describes which issue with using consequential ethics to analyze this dilemma?

Beniamino is a BCBA working in a school. After trying multiple less restrictive interventions he has determined that it is in his client’s best interest to implement a restrictive intervention to maintain safety. Beniamino has minimal experience implementing restrictive procedures and is unfamiliar with any applicable laws. Given this scenario, which ethics standard should the behavior analyst mainly consider?