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| The Role of Principles in Ethical Decision-Making |
| Saturday, May 23, 2020 |
| 3:00 PM–3:50 PM |
| Marriott Marquis, Level M1, University of D.C. / Catholic University |
| Area: PCH/DDA; Domain: Service Delivery |
| CE Instructor: Nancy Rosenberg, Ph.D. |
| Chair: Ilene S. Schwartz (University of Washington) |
| NANCY ROSENBERG (University of Washington) |
| ELIZABETH KELLY (University of Washington) |
| KAITLIN MARIE KLOES GREENY (University of Washington) |
| Abstract: Principles are broad statements of values that can serve as guides for both ethical behavior and ethical decision-making. Many health-related professions, such as occupational therapy, speech-language-hearing, psychology, and counseling, have incorporated explicit principles into their codes of ethics. Behavior analysis currently has not. This symposium will explore the use of principles in the ethics codes of other organizations, examine how a statement of basic principles might help guide ethical behavior and ethical decision making within an organization, and outline a process we have utilized at our university to define principles for our Applied Behavior Analysis program. |
| Instruction Level: Intermediate |
| Target Audience: BCBAs |
| Learning Objectives: 1. Participants will recognize the use of explicit principles in the ethical codes of other health-related professions. 2. Participants will recognize ways that explicit principles may help guide ethical behavior and ethical decision making within an organization. 3. Participants will understand one possible process for developing explicit principles for an organization interested in promoting ethical behavior in its behavior analysts. |
| Keyword(s): decision making, developmental disabilities, ethical principles, ethics |
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