Ethical Dilemma 5 (4)
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Ethical Dilemma 5 You start the first job of your career. At the same time, the company hires another person for the same role as you. You really get along with this person, and because of all of the shared experiences and growth, you become close friends and start hanging out outside of work. You go to each other’s houses,
get to know each other’s families, and spend some holidays together. After two years, you get promoted and will now be an assistant clinical director, and the other therapist (your friend) will now work under you as a supervisee. How should you manage this? -Identify parts of the ethics code that are relevant to consider in resolving this issue (e.g., 3.02 Medical Consent). Briefly explain why these portions of the code are relevant. A. So I caught the two years line and know that part is technically ok
as the rules go. However …
First, the concern of overall responsible conduct mirrors or is supposed to mirror the values in the field
regarding appropriate behavior. (Code 1.0
). which “addresses the concern for overall responsible conduct. This ethics Code expresses the value system of our field, which states that those professionals who want to call themselves behavior analysts must conduct themselves in a way that reflects positively on the field—very positively, in fact”
[Jon S. Bailey, Mary R. Burch. Ethics for Behavior Analysts]
Therefore automatically, the analyst considers what is “Unstated here, which is the assumption that these values will carry over into the behavior analyst’s off-duty time”
[Jon S. Bailey, Mary R. Burch. Ethics for Behavior Analysts]
Specifically, attention to 1.06
is the key here, stating that “
Befriending
clients or their families, supervisees
, or research participants can create the impression of favoritism.’ ‘This can be damaging to the BA’s working relationship with other clients and supervisees” [Jon S. Bailey, Mary R. Burch. Ethics for
Behavior Analysts]
Q.
-What is the most appropriate way to resolve the situation, based on the ethics code? What would you do? Should you cut off the friendship? Only be friends outside of work but keep it normal during work? Something else? A. I would explain the obvious (if it was necessary, as the friend should know as well already), which is
that a transfer is an order for the friend to a non-conflicted assignment to maintain integrity, openness, fairness, and avoidance of the appearance of evil so-to-speak
.
A. I don’t think it would be a good idea to try and keep your supervisee-buddy on at that location, and he should want to move around in this situation as there seems to be plenty of opportunity.
A. Normally, this can be easily dealt with by being “adults,” but there are little lives at stake here, and I wouldn’t gamble those little guys’ success to save my “friendship.”
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