Ethical and Professional Issues · 13% of exam

Ethics Study Module

Browse BACB ethics excerpts section by section. Expand any topic to review source text, then jump into targeted ethics fluency practice.

Core Principles

Four foundational principles behavior analysts use to interpret and apply every standard below.

1. Benefit Others

Maximize benefit and avoid harm: protect clients' welfare and rights first, watch for and resolve conflicts of interest, and weigh the short- and long-term effects of your work on everyone involved.

2. Treat Others with Compassion, Dignity, and Respect

Treat everyone equitably regardless of personal characteristics, protect their privacy and confidentiality, and support clients' right to make informed choices about their own services.

3. Behave with Integrity

Be honest and trustworthy, follow through on your obligations, stay accountable for your own and your supervisees' work, and help uphold the Code within the professional community.

4. Ensure Their Competence

Practice only within your scope, keep your knowledge of ABA current, understand the risks of pseudoscience and unproven interventions, and keep building your cultural responsiveness.

Ethics-only mock exam

20 questions filtered entirely to Ethical and Professional Issues, with Ethics Code citations in every explanation.

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Ethics confusion fluency

10-question fluency sessions focused on high-confusion ethics topics from competitor YouTube analysis.

Continuity of Services Core Ethical Principles and Risks of Unethical Behavior Cultural Humility, Responsiveness, and Personal Bias Facilitating Continuity vs. Appropriately Terminating Supervision Giving and Receiving Gifts vs. Multiple Relationships Legal, Regulatory, and Practice Requirements Maintaining Competence and Protecting Confidential Information Multiple Relationships and Professional Relationship Skills Multiple Relationships vs. Coercive/Exploitative Relationships Obtaining Informed Consent Protecting vs. Disclosing Confidential Information Public Statements and Discontinuing Services Public Statements: By the Behavior Analyst vs. By Others Reporting Concerns About a Colleague's Conduct Research Integrity: Plagiarism vs. Appropriate Credit Scope of Competence & Defined Role Self-Reporting to the BACB Testimonials & Ethics Third-Party Contracted Services: Client vs. Payer

Ethics code sections

Grounded in data/bacb/sources.json (scraped 7/7/2026).

Ethics Code standards

All 85 numbered standards (1.01-6.11) from the current Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts, grouped by section. Expand a section to browse its standards.

Ethics Study Module

Core Principles

1. Benefit Others

2. Treat Others with Compassion, Dignity, and Respect

3. Behave with Integrity

4. Ensure Their Competence

Ethics-only mock exam

Ethics confusion fluency

Ethics code sections

Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts

Assent (Ethics Code Glossary)

Code-Enforcement Procedures

RBT Ethics Code (2.0)

Timely Responding, Reporting, and Updating of Information Provided to the BACB

Self-Reporting to the Ethics Department

Multiple Relationships

Guidance on Testimonials

Conflict of Interest

Continuity of Services

BACB Ethics Department Overview

Ethics Code standards

Responsibility as a Professional

Responsibility in Practice

Responsibility to Clients and Stakeholders

Responsibility to Supervisees and Trainees

Responsibility in Public Statements

Responsibility in Research

Glossary