Read BACB’s Ethics Code sections 1.07 (Cultural Responsiveness and Diversity), 1.10 (Awareness of Personal Biases and Challenges), 1.11 (Multiple Relationships), 1.12 (Giving and Receiving Gifts), and 1.13 (Coercive and Exploitative Relationships). Then, consider this question: Some behavior analysts specialize in Organizational Behavior Management, and, as part of their work, may attend business lunches or dinners provided by their clients (who are the business that have retained the behavior analyst). Bailey and Burch say on p. 10 of 25 ES (I know – last week’s reading, but PECCBA section 1 is this week): “Consultants who work with businesses are more likely to have their presence requested at business lunches and dinners. The main thing to know with regard to business meals is that in some cases, the negative impression caused by bad table manners can actually result in a consultant not getting hired, a contract not getting signed, or a behavior analyst not getting a job.” This paragraph goes on to further discuss be dangers of bad table manners, and how behavior analysts might avoid this peril. Nowhere, however, do Bailey and Burch state that a behavior analyst must insist to her or his corporate client that the behavior analyst pays for the behavior analyst’s own lunch or dinner (and, in some countries I’ve visited, this can be quite an insult.”
Read BACB’s Ethics Code sections 1.07 (Cultural Responsiveness and Diversity), 1.10 (Awareness of Personal Biases and Challenges), 1.11 (Multiple Relationships), 1.12 (Giving and Receiving Gifts), and 1.13 (Coercive and Exploitative Relationships). Then, consider this question:
- Some behavior analysts specialize in Organizational Behavior Management, and, as part of their work, may attend business lunches or dinners provided by their clients (who are the business that have retained the behavior analyst). Bailey and Burch say on p. 10 of 25 ES (I know – last week’s reading, but PECCBA section 1 is this week):
“Consultants who work with businesses are more likely to have their presence requested at business lunches and dinners. The main thing to know with regard to business meals is that in some cases, the negative impression caused by bad table manners can actually result in a consultant not getting hired, a contract not getting signed, or a behavior analyst not getting a job.” This paragraph goes on to further discuss be dangers of bad table manners, and how behavior analysts might avoid this peril. Nowhere, however, do Bailey and Burch state that a behavior analyst must insist to her or his corporate client that the behavior analyst pays for the behavior analyst’s own lunch or dinner (and, in some countries I’ve visited, this can be quite an insult.”
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