The Ethical Planning Practitioner (ebook)

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If a local college gives a city planner tickets to a sold-out football game, is it wrong to take them -- even if the planner pays? Should a planning consultant bid on a project that has a clearly unrealistic timeframe? Can a planning director moonlight for another agency? For practicing planners, potential ethics violations abound, and the eye of public scrutiny never blinks.
Planners need a guide, and now they have it: the first guidebook based on the current revision of the AICP (American Institute of Certified Planners) Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. The Ethical Planning Practitioner presents 76 scenarios, all real-life dilemmas based on the code's rules of conduct. Each scenario comes with tools to help planners explore the answers on their own, in a training session, or in a classroom.
This vital handbook looks at everyday ethics the way planners need to see them, in black, white, and shades of gray -- but most of all, clearly. The Ethical Practicing Planner will not only instruct but inspire planners to strengthen the public's trust.

JerryWeitz, FAICP , is principal of a planning and developmentconsulting firm based in the Atlanta area. From 2010 to 2015, he was directorof the urban and regional planning program at East Carolina University inGreenville, North Carolina. In a career spanning more than three decades, hehas worked with cities, counties, state agencies, planning consulting firms,developers, attorneys, nonprofits, citizen advocacy groups, and universities.The issues he has confronted bring real-life contexts and sure guidance to TheEthical Planning Practitioner .0INTRODUCTION
The AICP Code and APA Ethical Principles inPlanning
Principles to Which We Aspire
Rules of Conduct
The Ethical Conduct of Planners
Guidance for Ethical DecisionMaking
Scenarios: Introduction andGuidance
Number of Scenarios per Training Session
Selecting Scenarios
For Individual Planners
For Ethics Session Organizers

SCENARIOS
S 1. Disagreement WithSupervisor's Recommendation
S 2. Conflict With Supervisor
S 3. Proposed Change to FirstRedraft of Official Zoning Map
S 4. Protection ofEnvironmentally Sensitive Land from Development
S 5. Community Development BlockGrant Program Project Work Scope
S 6. Politically InfluencedPopulation Projections 1
S 7. Minority Planner Acts asAdvocate for Minority Neighborhood
S 8. Planners Oppose Their OwnDepartment Director at Public Hearing
S 9. Recommendation for HousingTrust Fund Disapproved by Board
S10. County Jail Proposal in CityCenter Neighborhood
S11. University ProfessorSubcontracts for Work Involving State or University Funds
S12. Junior Planner AssistsDevelopment Applicant
S13. Potential Conflict WithPublic and Nonprofit Roles
S14. Investment Opportunity inJurisdiction of Work
S15. Planning ConsultantConsiders Planning Commission Appointment
S16. Public and Private ClientConflict
S17. Public Planner Connects WithDevelopment Community on LinkedIn
S18. Consistency in ZoningAdministration
S19. Planning Consultant BuysLunch for Public-Sector Clients
S20. Administrative Discretion:Recommending a Grant Recipient
S21. Politically InfluencedPopulation Projections 2
S22. Consulting With MunicipalityImmediately After Quitting
S23. Contractual Requirements ofState for Land-Use Planning Grant
S24. Recommendations RegardingNearly Identical Rezoning Requests
S25. Accessory ApartmentsRecommended as Affordable Housing
S26. Disadvantaged Group Input
S27. Affordable HousingNeighborhood
S28. Urging a Modification ofExclusionary Zoning
S29. Preparing Estimates ofTransit Ridership and Revenue
S30. Planner Chooses BetweenPlanning Firm and Minority Student Intern
S31. Authority Director EvaluatesProposals
S32. Director Admonishes Plannerfor Excessive Volunteer Work
S33. Use of Technology in CitizenParticipation
S34. Regional Agency Engaged inMultiple Planning Functions for County
S35. Planner Posts Statement onSocial Media
S36. Disclosure of PotentialEnvironmental Impacts
S37. Information Shared WithNeighborhood Group
S38. Planning Director ExcludesJunior Planners' Observations
S39. Reporter Requests AllInformation on Pending Development Project
S40. Utility Company MaintenanceFacility
S41. Service on ConsultantProposal Review Committee
S42. Planner Asked to RecommendProfessionals
S43. Use of One Firm's Product byAnother Firm
S44. Planner Prevented fromSpeaking Publicly in Opposition to Transportation Plan
S45. Private Correspondence onLocal Government Email System
S46. City Manager Urges Change ofPlanning Staff Recommendation
S47. Preparing Grant Applicationsfor Free in Anticipation of Project Award for Fee
S48. Executive Director ofCouncil of Government Has History of Suspect Practices
S49. Regional Planner SeeksElected Position
S50. Part-Time Consultant andFull-Time City Planner Job
S51. Planning Director Opposesand Testifies in Court Against Rezoning Decision
S52. Property to Be RezonedTouches Property Owned by Family Member
S53. Information Leaked RegardingPlans for Parking Deck Downtown
S54. Structure With HistoricalValue About to Be Demolished
S55. Council Member SharesOpinion Privately About Upcoming Rezoning
S56. Preapplication Meeting WithDeveloper
S57. Archaeological SiteDiscovered in Environmental Impact Review
S58. Consultant Without PriorExperience Pursues Work on a Fiscal Impact Study
S59. Invoicing for Work Not YetPerformed
S60. Unrealistic Work Deadline inRequest for Proposal
S61. Planner Writes Letter to theEditor
S62. City Attorney Conflict
S63. Use of Primary Employer'sEquipment for Consulting Assignment
S64. Developer and Public-SectorPlanner Have Lunch Together
S65. Valuables Found on PendingDevelopment Site
S66. Publication of Client'sReport
S67. Public Funds Used to CleanClothing
S68. Proposal to Travel forTraining
S69. Public Planners OfferedFree, Hard-to-Get Tickets
S70. Consultant Invites PotentialClients to Dinner
S71. Real Estate Investment AlongProposed New Highway
S72. Influencing Land-Use PlanDesignation for Real Property You Own
S73. Inspector/Planner PromotesHis Own Inspection Company
S74. Planner Evaluates PriorEmployee for Employment Elsewhere
S75. Planning DirectorDisciplines Junior Planner
S76. Planner Responds to AICPEthics Charge of Misconduct

INTERPRETATIONS AND CONCLUSIONS
Suggested Interpretations of theCode
Accept an assignment
Adequate information
Authority to make a binding, finaldetermination
Decision makers
Employment
Other professionals
Planning issues
Planning process
Solicit prospective clients or employment
Conclusions

APPENDICES
Appendix A: AICP Code of Ethicsand Professional Conduct
Appendix B: State Ethics LawsApplicable to Local Government Employees

REFERENCES

SCENARIO INDEXES

INDEX