Raphael is a BCBA who is a member of a clinical review committee at an ABA Agency. This committee meets to discuss current cases, ensure that ethical, evidence-based treatment is being provided, and troubleshoot difficult cases. Raphael often makes inappropriate jokes or comments that make his female colleagues uncomfortable. Given this scenario, which ethics standard is being violated?

A new trainee emails Tanae to set up a contract for fieldwork supervision. On their first meeting the trainee asks why Tanae hasn’t responded to her emails earlier in the week. After initial confusion, she checks her email and notices several emails from the trainee were filtered into her “junk mail” folder and had come from a different email address. Given this scenario related to 1.15 Responding to Requests, what is the most appropriate course of action the behavior analyst should take?

Luis is a BCBA working with a family in which the father is a fan of the same sports team as Luis. The father recently purchased two tickets to the game but says now he is unable to attend. He offers the tickets to Luis, free of charge. Luis is eager to see the team play, and he takes the tickets.  Given this scenario, which ethics standard is being violated?

Bryce has a filing cabinet with the supervision documentation from each of his supervisees over the past 6 years. The cabinet is getting overly full, and he needs more space for current documents. Since some of the paperwork is from supervision provided 6 years ago, he is considering shredding it to make room for the current documents. Given this scenario, which ethics standard should the behavior analyst mainly consider?

Josef is an RBT being supervised by BCBA Micah.  Josef completes almost all his tasks as directed by Micah and his peers tell him he is doing a great job.  Micah is careful to take data and provide feedback on any occasional minor errors made by Josef but does not ever mention any other performance. Given this scenario, what would be the best course of action for the behavior analyst to take?

Anahi is working with Candy, a trainee who has had some challenges with acquiring skills during supervision. Anahi uses behavioral skills training to teach Candy how to implement natural environment teaching strategies with their current client and provides regular monitoring and feedback regarding the procedures. When Anahi does this, they regularly reference the current literature that supports the use of BST. Given the scenario, the supervisor is considering which of the following to prevent a possible violation during supervision?

Alyshia is a BCBA that is working with a new supervisee program at her current company. She has started with competencies in place for the supervisee to achieve, a program guided by a research-based curriculum, and a fading process in place to help the supervisee gain independence. However, Alyshia notices that she has not yet put into place a way to collect IOA data for the implementation of skills for the supervisees. Given this scenario, which ethics standard should the behavior analyst mainly consider?

When Martin, a BCBA, meets with his supervisee, he will typically explain a concept, and model how to perform the related skill. However, Martin finds role plays awkward, so he is considering skipping them so that the supervisee does not feel uncomfortable. Given this scenario, which ethics standard should the behavior analyst mainly consider?

Jun is working as a BCBA at a large agency. The agency requires that each BCBA supervise at least five trainees. Jun feels overwhelmed and is failing to meet the supervision requirements for all five of her trainees. She is hesitant to say anything to her boss for fear that her job may be in jeopardy if she cannot meet agency requirements. Given this scenario, what would be the best course of action for the behavior analyst to take?

Contamination of the aquatic environment with endocrine disrupting compounds (EDCs) remains an important and emerging issue.  EDC exposure concentrations that are typically needed to affect biological changes in fishes and other biota are relatively low, and concentrations observed in certain waterways appear sufficient to be associated with intersex in some fishes.