CHAPTER 31 - ETHICAL AND
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF
APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
SOLUTIONS 2024
Compliance Code [Behavior Analyst Certification Board's (BACB's) Professional and Ethical Compliance
Code for Behavior Analysts] - ANSWER Consolidates, updates, and replaces the BACB's Professional
Disciplinary and Ethical Standards and Guidelines for Responsible Conduct for Behavior Analysts. The
Compliance Code includes 10 sections relevant to professional and ethical behavior of behavior analysts,
along with a glossary of terms. Effective January 1, 2016, all BACB applicants, certificants, and registrants
will be required to adhere to The Compliance Code.
Negligence - ANSWER Failure to demonstrate professional integrity on the part of the provider that
threatens the client's health and safety; typically exhibited as nonfeasance—not doing what ought to be
done.
Confidentiality - ANSWER Describes a situation of trust insofar as any information regarding a person
receiving or having received services may not be discussed with or otherwise made available to another
person or group, unless that person has provided explicit authorization, usually written and signed, for
release of such information.
Risk-Benefit Analysis - ANSWER A comparison prior to conducting a behavioral assessment or
intervention of the potential harm to the client (or others) versus the benefits likely to result from the
procedures.
Conflict of Interest - ANSWER A situation in which a person in a position of responsibility or trust has
competing professional or personal interests that make it difficult to fulfill his or her duties impartially.
Informed Consent - ANSWER Formal permission—usually written, signed, and dated—given by a
potential recipient of behavioral services or participant in a research study; requires that full disclosure
of all pertinent information be provided to the individual prior to a granting of permission. To give
consent, the person must (a) demonstrate the capacity to decide, (b) do so voluntarily, and (c) have
adequate knowledge of all salient aspects of the treatment.
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES OF
APPLIED BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
SOLUTIONS 2024
Compliance Code [Behavior Analyst Certification Board's (BACB's) Professional and Ethical Compliance
Code for Behavior Analysts] - ANSWER Consolidates, updates, and replaces the BACB's Professional
Disciplinary and Ethical Standards and Guidelines for Responsible Conduct for Behavior Analysts. The
Compliance Code includes 10 sections relevant to professional and ethical behavior of behavior analysts,
along with a glossary of terms. Effective January 1, 2016, all BACB applicants, certificants, and registrants
will be required to adhere to The Compliance Code.
Negligence - ANSWER Failure to demonstrate professional integrity on the part of the provider that
threatens the client's health and safety; typically exhibited as nonfeasance—not doing what ought to be
done.
Confidentiality - ANSWER Describes a situation of trust insofar as any information regarding a person
receiving or having received services may not be discussed with or otherwise made available to another
person or group, unless that person has provided explicit authorization, usually written and signed, for
release of such information.
Risk-Benefit Analysis - ANSWER A comparison prior to conducting a behavioral assessment or
intervention of the potential harm to the client (or others) versus the benefits likely to result from the
procedures.
Conflict of Interest - ANSWER A situation in which a person in a position of responsibility or trust has
competing professional or personal interests that make it difficult to fulfill his or her duties impartially.
Informed Consent - ANSWER Formal permission—usually written, signed, and dated—given by a
potential recipient of behavioral services or participant in a research study; requires that full disclosure
of all pertinent information be provided to the individual prior to a granting of permission. To give
consent, the person must (a) demonstrate the capacity to decide, (b) do so voluntarily, and (c) have
adequate knowledge of all salient aspects of the treatment.
