ASHA Ethics Terminology

Question	Answer
advertising	Any form of communication with the public about services, therapies, products, or publications.
conflict of interest	An opposition between the private interests and the official or professionalresponsibilities of a person in a position of trust, power, and/or authority.
crime	Any felony; or any misdemeanor involving dishonesty, physical harm to the person or property of another, or a threat of physical harm to the person or property of another.
diminished decision making ability	Any condition that renders a person unable to form the specific intent necessary to determine a reasonable course of action.
fraud	Any act, expression, omission, or concealment—the intent of which is either actual or constructive— calculated to deceive others to their disadvantage.
impaired practitioner	An individual whose professional practice is adversely affected by addiction, substance abuse, or health related and/or mental health–related conditions.
individuals	Members and/or certificate holders, including applicants for certification.
informed consent	May be verbal, unless written consent is required; constitutes consent by persons served, research participants engaged, or parents and/or guardians of persons served to a proposed course of action after the communication of adequate information regarding expected outcomes and potential risks.
jurisdiction	The “personal jurisdiction” and authority of the ASHA Board of Ethics over an individual holding ASHA certification and/or membership, regardless of the individual’s geographic location.
know, known, or knowingly	Having or reflecting knowledge.
may vs. shall	May denotes an allowance for discretion; shall denotes no discretion.
misrepresentation	Any statement by words or other conduct that, under the circumstances, amounts to an assertion that is false or erroneous (i.e., not in accordance with the facts); any statement made with conscious ignorance or a reckless disregard for the truth.
negligence	Breaching of a duty owed to another, which occurs because of a failure to conform to a requirement, and this failure has caused harm to another individual, which led to damages to this person(s);failure to exercise the care toward others that a reasonable or prudent person would take in the circumstances, or taking actions that such a reasonable person would not.
nolo contendere	No contest.
plagiarism	False representation of another person’s idea, research, presentation, result, or product as one’s own through irresponsible citation, attribution, or paraphrasing; ethical misconduct does not include honest error or differences of opinion.
publicly sanctioned	A formal disciplinary action of public record, excluding actions due to insufficient continuing education, checks returned for insufficient funds, or late payment of fees not resulting in unlicensed practice.
reasonable or reasonably	Supported or justified by fact or circumstance and being in accordance with reason, fairness, duty, or prudence.
self report	A professional obligation of self disclosure that requires (a) notifying ASHA Standards and Ethics and (b) mailing a hard copy of a certified document to ASHA Standards and Ethics (see term above). All self reports are subject to a separate ASHA Certification review process, which, depending on the seriousness of the self reported information, takes additional processing time.
support personnel	Those providing support to audiologists, speech language pathologists, or speech, language, and hearing scientists (e.g., technician, paraprofessional, aide, or assistant in audiology, speech language pathology, or communication sciences and disorders).
telepractice, teletherapy	Application of telecommunications technology to the delivery of audiology and speech language pathology professional services at a distance by linking clinician to client/patient or clinician to clinician for assessment, intervention, and/or consultation. The quality of the service should be equivalent to in person service.
written	Encompasses both electronic and hard copy writings or communications.

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