Descriptive and Normative Ethical Behavior Appear to be Functionally Distinct | Journal Club Series

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This installment in our Journal Club Series will cover the article, “Descriptive and normative ethical behavior appear to be functionally distinct,” authored by David Cox and published in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. CEUs are provided for reading the article, participating in an online discussion, and completing an article content quiz.

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A scientific approach to ethics is an ongoing venture. This paper describes two approaches to ethics: descriptive ethics and normative ethics. This is a report of two experiments investigating ethical behaviors in a within-subject arrangement.

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The Article

This installment in our Journal Club Series will cover the article, “Descriptive and normative ethical behavior appear to be functionally distinct,” authored by David Cox and published in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis. CEUs are provided for reading the article, participating in an online discussion, and completing an article content quiz.

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Learning Objectives

  1. Define descriptive and normative ethics
  2. Describe the purpose of this study
  3. Summarize the method and results of Experiment 1
  4. Summarize the method and results of Experiment 2
  5. Describe the proposed model of a functional approach to descriptive and normative ethical behavior
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