Aaron, Darren and Karen look at Sharon incredulously. They explain to her that they don't have a copy of the test that they will be distributing to prospective students. It's merely that their incredible memories are recalling what types of questions are on the test. Even though their recall is impressive, there is no way that they can recall all the specific right and wrong answers for each question on these exams. They further inform Sharon that she shouldn't be so naive. What they are proposing to do based on their recent taking of the CIH exam is what all the other consultants do in order to plan and update their CIH preparation courses. They have people from their organizations take the CIH examination to access the latest and greatest questions on these exams as well as discerning any new topic emphasis. These companies then alter their training courses to be current and relevant to what is being covered on these tests. Sharon now believes that she may be over-interpreting the ABIH code of ethics clause and that what the team is proposing may just be crafty and opportunistic, rather than unethical. What should Sharon do?/nScenario 3 - A Testy Situation: Four industrial hygienists pass the CIH examination and, thinking that they're brilliant, decide to parlay their testing prowess into a training business. Case Summary Aaron, Darren, Karen, and Sharon are young, entrepreneurial industrial hygienists. They all own and work for the same small ten-person consulting company that provides industrial hygiene services, including training, to a variety of clients. After a few years of work experience, they decide to take the examination for becoming certified industrial hygienists (CIHS) at the same time. These credentials are important for them to possess to demonstrate their industrial hygiene credibility and to attain new business for their company. They are all deemed to be qualified to sit for the examination. Each passes the examination with flying colors. In fact, they are amazed at their high scores. Over a dinner that night to celebrate their joint success, Aaron suggests that they expand their consulting business to train industrial hygienists on how to pass the CIH exam. Obviously, they know the material very well, they are all experienced trainers, and apparently, they are extremely good test takers. So, they start trying to remember all the specific questions on the exam. They're astonished at how many questions they can remember among the four of them. They begin to compartmentalize the questions into the exam's rubric subject matter areas: air sampling and instrumentation; analytical chemistry; basic science; biohazards; biostatistics and epidemiology; community exposure; engineering controls/ventilation; ergonomics; health risk analysis and hazard communication; IH program management; ionizing and non-ionizing radiation; thermal stressors; noise; non- engineering controls; toxicology, and work environments and industrial processes. After around 4 hours of brainstorming (and a few rounds of drinks), Aaron, Darren, Karen and Sharon are pretty sure that they have captured around 90% of the questions that were included on the test. The team quickly starts to outline a 3-day workshop that they could offer to train industrial hygienists as to the subject material that was specifically represented on their recent CIH test. They all appear to be quite excited about this future endeavor, except Sharon. Dilemma Sharon is unsure if this new business line is ethical especially how it is being developed. She has a photographic memory and recalls that the ABIH Industrial Codes of Ethics includes the following clause: The certificant maintains the security of ABIH examination information and materials, including the prevention of unauthorized disclosures of test information. She mentions her concern to Aaron, Darren and Karen. She believes what they are planning to do would be in violation of their newly minted CIHS and its code of ethics. She is unsure whether she wants to participate in this activity because of its unethical nature.

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