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?

Cherine, a BCBA, has recently moved to Washington state. She has started consulting privately as a BCBA, but has not obtained her state license, which is required by law. Two days into her first assessment, she discovers the licensure law. Given this scenario, what would be the best course of action for the behavior analyst to take?

Yi is conducting an assessment for a young learner in their town. During the assessment, Yi discovers that the mother of the client is a former classmate from high school from about 15 years ago. Yi completes the assessment and writes the report. When Yi attempts to schedule the next session to begin training services, the parent asks Yi if they are single and would be interested in getting coffee sometime. Given this scenario, what would be the best course of action for the behavior analyst to take?

BCBA Cheyanne works part-time as an internal consultant for a large company that was recently the defendant in a civil lawsuit. Cheyanne was not implicated as a direct party in the lawsuit, but her name was mentioned as part of the legal proceedings. Given this scenario, which ethics standard should the behavior analyst mainly consider?

Sylvester is a BCBA working in the school system, overseeing a whole district. He has noticed that he has been asked to devote the majority of his time to the most affluent school in the district. Additionally, he has been discouraged from prioritizing the schools whose students have a lower socioeconomic status even though their needs are greater. Given this scenario, which ethics standard should the behavior analyst mainly consider?

Emilio is a behavior analyst that works with client, Tomar. It is Emilio’s birthday and Tomar’s family give him a birthday card. In the birthday card, Emilio finds a $50 gift card to a local restaurant. Given this scenario, which ethics standard should the behavior analyst mainly consider?

Olea is working with her BCBA on a case that is rather complex. They spend many hours together consulting and problem solving the case. Olea’s BCBA states that they really enjoy working together and would like to get to know her more outside of work. Olea has the same thought about the BCBA and would like to invite the BCBA to dinner one evening. Given this scenario, what would be the best course of action for Olea to take?

Daisy has been an RBT for two years delivering direct early intervention services. She is starting coursework and supervision. The BCBA supervisor observes several of Daisy’s therapy sessions, making notes of strengths and weaknesses on a data sheet containing the Task List Items. The supervisor also interviews her about her strengths and weaknesses in various applications of the Task List. This describes which step in the process for developing the supervisee’s competencies?

Kira goes to pick up her daughter at after-school care and sees a parent struggling with a child who appears to be throwing a tantrum. Kira introduces herself as a behavior analyst and tells the mother that when tantrums are maintained by attention, the best approach is to stand near the child to monitor for safety, but not to talk or give attention to the child. Given this scenario, which ethics standard is being violated?

Marcie is a BCBA providing supervision for folks pursuing their BCBA certification hours. Marcie plans to go on vacation but does not want her beloved plants to die while she is away. She asks one of her supervisees to water the plants once a day while she is gone. The supervisee agrees to water the plants even though he really doesn’t want to. Given this scenario, which ethics standard is being violated?