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AB565 Professional Ethics Week 1: Study Guide Study Guide Questions Questions are adapted from Brodhead, Quickly, & Cox (2018) Chapter 1. 1. What cultural framework(s) of “right” and “wrong” did you grow up with? How do those influence your interpretation of the BACB Code? I recall thinking about God before my own identity when I was younger. One may see the significance of Christianity as a third parent in the household. "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you," a scriptural idea given by Jesus in Luke 6:31 and Matthew 7:12, was an overarching scripture taught. The belief is that treating people with malice might have both societal and spiritual consequences in the concept of an afterlife. The value system I established as a child aid in interpreting the BACB code by emphasizing the significance of treating people with reciprocity, actively working on others' behalf, and ensuring that you engage in respectable actions by social and ethical standards. 2. Pick any BACB Guideline. Is there a context in which you would feel justified to violate the guideline? Why do you feel the context justifies the action? Initially, I had to carefully consider a scenario where I would feel justified in violating a BACB policy. Behavior analysts act within their "scope of competence" after producing adequate documentation, according to Ethic Standard 1.05. Unsolicited counsel is only sometimes a conscious move. In certain circumstances, I have entertained thoughts and opinions about family members using my experience to explain it. The parents' desire to have a "plan" or know what to do justified the lack of an appropriate environment; knowing that resources weren't available to the parents made one feel forced to provide any comfort or assistance at the time. 3. Pick an instance where you faced an ethical dilemma within the past few months (this can be a dilemma you experienced at your job or in your personal life). Explain the situation and how addressed it. Why do you think your action was justified? Does your justification fit more with virtue theory, consequentialism, or deontology? Although you may wish for individuals to be in your life, this does not guarantee that they will be. Individuals capable of attributing to bad habits, belief systems, and actions are usually eliminated for spiritual and philosophical reasons. A two-year close friend made a decision that left one feeling that the worth of the connection no longer exceeded the results of such a decision. We had started a romantic relationship, and he was revealed to be speaking with a previous girlfriend. The dilemma is whether we cut the ideological links while keeping the friendship or
AB565 Professional Ethics cutting everything. The decision's impact felt irreversible, so this friend no longer applies to me or others around me. I decided to end the relationship altogether. In this situation, the action's effect rather than the deed itself defined the conduct as improper; hence, consequentialism was used to support my judgment. 4. Pick one of the following ethical principles: respect for autonomy, beneficence, or justice. Explain one way you have promoted this principle in your job or in your personal life. Are there ways you could improve? In my two years as a certified behavior technician, I've had to promote diversity while still respecting an individual's liberty. In addition to a population with a neurological developmental disability, one may have never cared for another's well-being. Since being introduced to the field only two years ago, I've had to develop the skills, language, and ethics to work effectively for clients who may not adhere to strict societal norms and have a different set of behaviors for operating daily, such as informing newly acquired RBTs like mindfulness of "full physical" prompts and the practice of assent. Although clients may lack the ability to express themselves verbally, this does not mean that we, as therapists, should overlook signals of body language and mannerisms to further our agenda. I continue to work on improving by identifying abilities that I lack, notably "play" skills that would boost engagement for a client and prevent me from becoming an aversive figure for them during treatment. 5. Have you faced a situation where two difference BACB Guidelines suggested conflicting courses of action? How did you resolve the issue? How did you justify your response? 2.19 Conditions to be Addressed Interfering with Service Delivery implies that if I cannot serve my client due to a lack of expertise and resources for successful treatment, the matter will be escalated and addressed as soon as possible. This contradicts rule 1.04, which demands honesty in acknowledging that the center required enough care so that I could execute my work correctly. Courses of action would be to remain silent so as not to put therapists at risk of reprimands or to maintain honesty and allow for the consequences. A robust team-like atmosphere provides structure, cleanliness, and efficiency that one therapist cannot contribute to alone. In this case, the center administrator was asked to aid in dealing with coworkers who were not respecting the client's dignity.
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