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RES-ENFORCEMENT-2016 — BACB Resource: Ethics Violations & Enforcement Summary (2016-2017)

Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts (2022) · Reference for BCBAs, BCaBAs, and RBTs · Source: BACB

What does RES-ENFORCEMENT-2016 say?

The BACB published a summary of ethics violations and code-enforcement activities for 2016-2017. Key findings: The BACB accepted and resolved 219 Notices in this period. The BACB itself and clients were the most common notifiers. The majority of notices contained 1-2 actionable violations. The most frequent ethics violations were: (1) Improper or inadequate supervision or delegation, (2) Failure to report or respond to the BACB as required, (3) Professionalism and integrity issues. Of the 94 notices acted upon through the Disciplinary Review system, corrective action was the most common consequence (43.6%) and revocation of certification was the most severe (8.5%).

Official source: read the full text in the Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts (2022) (official document).

Related sections

1.01 — Being Truthful 1.02 — Conforming with Legal and Professional Requirements 1.03 — Accountability 1.04 — Practicing within a Defined Role 1.05 — Practicing within Scope of Competence 1.06 — Maintaining Competence 1.07 — Cultural Responsiveness and Diversity 1.08 — Nondiscrimination

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