Sorting through the gray

To help future professionals navigate such uncertainty, audiology training programs provide ethics education that often includes references to the ASHA Code of Ethics (on.asha.org/coe-2016) and a requirement that students develop their own scenarios to illustrate specific principles and rules. No evidence has been presented that relates to competence or harm to the patient, and no principle or rules of ethics directly address the allegations of the supervisor.\n There are three possible decisions: * Clint may be in violation of the Code of Ethics, as his leaving can be construed as patient abandonment. * Clint is not in violation of Principle I, Rule T. * There is insufficient evidence to render a decision regarding this allegation.