Table 4.

Summary of the framework supporting clinical expertise and professional judgment

Clinical expertise and professional judgment	Ethical principles	Ethics Code items (BACB, 2020)
(1) Assess and practice within one’s scope of competence. (2) Maintain regular contact with a breadth of scholarly literature. (3) Engage in ongoing professional development. (4) Maintain contact and familiarity with ethical guidelines. (5) Create and maintain effective behavior-change systems. (6) Activate and refine professional judgment.	Doing no harm Professional integrity Responsibility Competence Pragmatism	1.01 Being truthful 1.02 Conforming with legal and professional requirements 1.03 Accountability 1.05 Practicing within scope of competence 1.06 Maintain competence 1.10 Awareness of personal biases and challenges 2.10 Collaborating with colleagues 2.15 Minimizing risk of behavior-change interventions 2.17 Collecting and using data 2.18 Continual evaluation of behavior-change interventions 3.03 Accepting clients 3.11 Documenting professional activity 4.02 Supervisory competence 4.05 Maintaining supervision documentation 4.06 Providing supervision and training 4.10 Evaluating effects of supervision and training 6.01 Conforming with laws and regulations in research 6.06 Competence in conducting research