How Ethical Decision-Making Builds Better Behavior Plans
"Ethical training” gets used a lot in our field. But ethics isn't a label – it's a decision process. This webinar breaks down what ethical practice actually looks like in applied behaviour work: how to use the Humane Hierarchy as a genuine thinking tool, why functional behaviour assessment is an ethical skill as well as an applied one, and how to make decisions you can justify when the case is messy and the right answer isn't obvious.
Through this webinar, you'll learn about:
- What ethical practice actually requires
- How to use the Humane Hierarchy as a genuine decision-making tool
- How to identify, justify, and defend the least intrusive option in a real case
- How to predict impacts on behaviour and welfare
- How competence and ethical risk are connected
- The purpose of a functional behaviour assessment
- Considerations for behaviour plans
Requirements:
To receive a certificate of completion, students must:
- Watch the lecture in it's entirety
- Successfully complete a 4-question quiz
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Dr. Erin Jones BSc (Hons.), MSc, PhD, CPDT-KA, IAABC-ADT, CDBC
Dr. Erin Jones is a writer, educator, and dog behaviour consultant. She has a BSc in psychology and anthropology, a MSc in anthrozoology and a PhD in Human-Animal Studies. Additionally, she has a postgraduate diploma in animal welfare. Erin has been working both in behaviour/training and scholarly advocacy for decades and has a special research interest in the ethical dimension of the dog-human relationship. Erin is a Certified Dog Behaviour Consultant (CDBC) and Accredited Dog Trainer (IAABC-ADT) with IAABC, a Certified Professional Dog Trainer - Knowledge Assessed (CPDT-KA) with the CCPDT, and Accredited Animal Behaviour Consultant (CANZ-ABC) with Companion Animals New Zealand. Erin is the IAABC Foundation Journal Director and teaches for the Foundation. Her writing projects include authoring Constructing Canine Consent (2024, CRC Press), Co-editing Exploring Topic in Non/Human Animal Coexistance (2025, Lanturn), and has two additional books under contract with CRC Press with a 2025 and 2026 production date, respectively. Other scholarly publications can be found on her website. Erin is a Canadian living in Christchurch, New Zealand with her dog, Juno, and husband, Mike.
