Ethics

Question 1

What is the primary obligation of professional planners?

Answer 1

To serve the public interest

Question 2

What is formulated through continuous and open debate?

Answer 2

A conscientiously attained concept of the public interest

Question 3

Professional planners owe alliance to what?

Answer 3

A conscientiously attained concept of the public interest.

Question 4

To what do professional planners owe diligent, creative, and competent performance of the work we do?

Answer 4

To our clients or employers interests

Question 5

Professional planners should strive to achieve high _____ of professional integrity, ______, and knowledge.

Answer 5

STANDARDS; PROFICIENCY

Question 6

From whom can you seek informal advise regarding ethics questions?

Answer 6

The ethics officer

Question 7

Is informal advice from the ethics officer binding upon the AICP?

Answer 7

No, but it will be considered in the event a charge of misconduct is later filed concerning the conduct in question.

Question 8

To whom should a request for a formal advisory ruling regarding the propriety of a professional planner’s conduct be submitted?

Answer 8

The ethics officer

Question 9

Will the ethics officer provide a written charge of misconduct to the person who is accused of the misconduct?

Answer 9

Yes, whether or not the charge is to be summarily dismissed.

Question 10

The ethics officer may initially respond to a charge of misconduct in what two ways?

Answer 10

Dismiss the charge because it is clearly without merit or request that the respondent provide a preliminary response.

Question 11

At least ____ before the hearing, the ethics officer and the respondent shall exchange lists of proposed witnesses who will testify and copies of all exhibits that will be introduced at the hearing.

Answer 11

30 CALENDAR DAYS

Question 12

When an appeal of the dismissal of a charge of misconduct is received, who gets to make the next determination?

Answer 12

Ethics Committee, which will either affirm or reverse the dismissal.

Question 13

If there is a disputed matter in an ethics complaint and the respondent is granted a hearing with the Ethics Committee, are formal rules of evidence used?

Answer 13

There is no requirement that formal rules of evidence be observed.

Question 14

Identified charging parties who are notified of the dismissal of their ethics charges shall have ______ from the date of the receipt of their dismissal letters to file an appeal with the Ethics Committee.

Answer 14

30 CALENDAR DAYS

Question 15

Is an AICP hearing on the charge of misconduct open to the public?

Answer 15

No

Question 16

Can a settlement be reached before a complaint is issued?

Answer 16

Yes, the ethics officer can negotiate a settlement between the respondent and the charging party, or, with the approval of the Ethics Committee, recommend one without the charging party’s participation.

Question 17

What is omitted from written formal advice given by the ethics officer?

Answer 17

Names and places, unless written consent of all persons to be named has been provided.

Question 18

AICP members may not perform work…if, in addition to the agreed upon compensation, there is a possibility for direct personal or financial gain to us, our family members, or persons living in our household unless what?

Answer 18

Unless the AICP member’s client or employer, after receiving full written disclosure, consents in writing to the arrangement.

Question 19

As a salaried employee, can an AICP member undertake other employment, in planning or a related profession, whether or not for pay?

Answer 19

Only after providing full written disclosure to the employer furnishing the salary and having received subsequent written permission, unless the employer has a written policy, which expressly dispenses with a need to obtain such consent.

Question 20

If the Ethics Committee determines that the Ethics Officer has demonstrated that the Rules of Conduct have been violated, what are the possible forms of sanction?

Answer 20

Reprimand, suspension, and expulsion.

Question 21

Who can file a charge of misconduct against an AICP member?

Answer 21

Any person, whether or not an AICP member

Question 22

Is a planner who receives a charge of misconduct allowed legal representation?

Answer 22

Yes, either when a preliminary response is requested or at any later point in the procedure.

Question 23

The respondent has how long from receipt of a complaint in which to file an answer?

Answer 23

30 calendar days, or 45 days if an extension was requested.

Question 24

Who can give formal advice on the propriety of a planner’s proposed conduct?

Answer 24

The ethics officer

Question 25

The ethics officer will respond to requests for formal or informal advice within what time period?

Answer 25

21 days

Question 26

What standard of proof must ethics charges meet?

Answer 26

A preponderance of the evidence must indicate that misconduct occured.

Question 27

What is the name of AICP Code Section A?

Answer 27

Principles to Which We Aspire

Question 28

What is the name of AICP Code Section B?

Answer 28

Our Rules of Conduct

Question 29

What is the name of AICP Code Section C?

Answer 29

Our Code Procedures

Question 30

Who serves in position of the ethics officer?

Answer 30

The Executive Director of the APA/AICP

Question 31

Are aspirational principles enforcable?

Answer 31

No, an allegation that a planner failed to achieve the aspirational principles cannot be the subject of a misconduct charge or be a cause for disciplinary action.

Question 32

We shall always be conscious of ______.

Answer 32

THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS

Question 33

We shall have special concern for the _____ consequences of ______ actions.

Answer 33

LONG-RANGE; PRESENT