A. Schulman was an American supplier of plastic compounding products, color concentrates, and additives before its acquisition by LyondellBasell in 2018.
In this section of our text, we review "Responsibility to Supervisees and Trainees." This section includes discussion on topics relating to compliance with supervision requirements, supervisory competence, supervisory volume, and accountability in supervision. In addition, in this section we discuss topics related to incorporating and addressing diversity in supervision activities, as well as appropriately delegating tasks to others, evaluating the effects of supervision and training, facilitating continuity of supervision, and appropriately terminating supervision activities.
In this section of our text, we review "Responsibility in Practice." This section includes discussion on topics such as providing effective treatment, protecting confidential information, document protection and retention, accuracy in billing and reporting, and considerations when communicating about services. This section also addresses involving clients and stakeholders in programming decisions, collaborating with colleagues, obtaining consent, and considering medical needs, as well as such topics as collecting and using data, evaluating behavior change programs, and addressing conditions that interfere with service delivery.
In this section of our text, we review "Responsibility as a Professional." This section includes discussion on topics such as being truthful, practicing within a defined role and scope of competence, maintaining competence, cultural responsiveness, considerations for avoiding multiple relationships and conflicts of interest, parameters around giving and receiving gifts, and other related topics.
In this section of our text, we introduce readers to the layout of the book and the framework we utilize to evaluate ethical scenarios, including guiding questions from Cooper, Heron, and Heward (2020) and the six-step ethical decision-making matrix as outlined by Rosenberg and Schwartz (2019). The introduction also covers the core principles found within the most recent version of the Behavior Analyst Certification Board's (BACB) Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts.
In this study, we take a broad-spectrum approach to biodiversity science through ancient DNA identification of fish bone. We address biases inherent in conventional sampling strategies, which tend to center on studies of certain fish families/ species, analysis of previously identified fish bone, and vertebrate remains. We analyzed a total of 63 specimens from digawethatkil (CA-HUM-23), a Late Holocene Wiyot village located on Humboldt Bay, northern California. The study provides a more complete picture of late pre-contact use of fish and fisheries population in an important, biodiverse, coastal estuary in northern California. We confirm aDNA identification of fish bone is possible on a wide range of skeletal elements, including tiny, hard to identify, and fragile detritus and non-diagnostic fragments. Application of enhanced aDNA barcoding methods verified the presence of several species, corrected minor errors, and identified previously unknown Pacific herring, pile perch, salmon, and surf perch/silverside. We conclude that CA-HUM-23 inhabitants focused on capture and consumption of small schooling fish and resident Bay species.
