On ethics codes, licensure and OBM

ABSTRACT

Two recent papers by Weatherly and Wine discussed issues relating to organizational behavior management (OBM) practitioners adhering to the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB®) ethics code and their credentialing process for certification or licensure. In my response, I summarize the reasons why external OBM consultants may not want to fall under BACB® regulatory requirements for credentialing or the BACB® ethics code. Instead, I suggest that OBM consultants develop their own ethics codes and ethical controls that are more applicable to their practices than guidelines and requirements developed for clinical applications.

KEYWORDS:

• Ethics
• licensure
• certification
• regulation

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).