ABA632 Ethics Compliance Code

Kelly, E.M., Greeny, K., Rosenberg, N.E., & Schwartz, I. (2023, May 10). How behavior analysts make ethical decisions: A qualitative study. Behavior Analysis in Practice. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40617-023-00804-1.
Behavior analysts (BAs) frequently face professional ethical dilemmas. When faced with these dilemmas, BAs must problem solve and decide how to ethically respond. Though BAs have many tools available to guide their ethical decision making (e.g., Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts; Behavior Analyst Certification Board [BACB], 2020), little is known about how BAs make ethical decisions in practice. This study was a qualitative investigation of BAs’ ethical decision making to better understand how they identify ethical dilemmas in practice, how they make ethical decisions, and what resources they use during the decision-making process. Implications for behavior analytic practitioners and researchers are discussed.

Behavior Analyst Certification Board. (2020). Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts. https://bacb.com/wp-content/ethics-code-for-behavior-analysts/
This document is the Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts from the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB). This is the primary document to which we will refer in this course.