Ethics

Question 1

What are the five aspirational principles?

Answer 1

1. People who participate in the planning process shall continuously pursue and faithfully serve the public interest.
2. People who participate in the planning process shall do so with integrity.
3. People who participate in the planning process shall work to achieve economic, social, and racial equity.
4. People who participate in the planning process shall safeguard the public trust.
5. Practicing planners shall improve planning knowledge and increase public understanding of planning activities.

Question 2

Rule 1, quality and integrity of practice

Answer 2

We shall not deliberately fail to provide adequate, timely, clear, and accurate information on planning issues.

Question 3

Rule 2, quality and integrity of practice

Answer 3

We shall not accept an assignment from a client or employer when the service is to be performed in both conduct that we know to be illegal or in violation of this code.

Question 4

Rule 3, quality and integrity of practice

Answer 4

We shall not accept work beyond our professional confidence, but may with the understanding agreement of our client or employer, except such work to be performed under the direction of, another professional competent to perform the work and acceptable to the client or employer.

Question 5

Rule 4, quality and integrity of practice

Answer 5

We shall not accept work for a fee, or Pro bono, that we cannot perform with the promptness required by the prospective client, or that is required by the circumstances of the assignment.

Question 6

Rule 5, quality Integrity of practice

Answer 6

We shall not direct or pressure other professionals to make analyzes or reach findings not supported by available evidence.

Question 7

Rule 6, integrity of practice.

Answer 7

We shall not deliberately commit any wrongful act, whether or not stated in the rules of conduct, that reflects adversely on our professional fitness or the planning profession.

Question 8

Rule 7, conflict of interest

Answer 8

We shall not as public officials or employees, accept from anyone other than our public employer any compensation, commission, rebate, or other advantage that may be perceived as related to our public office or employment.

Question 9

Rule 8, conflict of interest

Answer 9

We shall not perform work on a project for a client or employer if, in addition to the agreed upon compensation from our client or employer, there is a possibility of direct personal or financial gain to us, our family members, or persons living in our household unless (A) Our client or employer, after full prior disclosure from us, consents in writing to the arrangement and (B) We make full disclosure of the potential conflict part of our public record at every public meeting and in all written reports related to the work.

Question 10

Rule 9, improper influence and abuse of position

Answer 10

As public officials or public employees, we shall not engage in private communications with planning process participants if the discussions relate to the matter over which we have authority to make binding, final determination.

Question 11

Rule 10, improper influence abuse of position

Answer 11

You shall not engage in private communications with decision makers and the planning process in any manner prohibited by law or by agency rules, procedures, or custom.

Question 12

Rule 11, improper influence and abuse of position

Answer 12

We shall not solicit perspective clients or employment through use of false or misleading claims, nor shall we, in the conduct of our work, imply and ability to improperly influence decisions.

Question 13

Rule 12, improper influence and abuse of position

Answer 13

We shall not use the power of any office to seek or obtain a special advantage that is not a matter of public knowledge or is not in the public interest.

Question 14

Rule 13, honesty and fair dealing

Answer 14

We shall not disclose or use to our advantage, nor that of a subsequent client or employer, information gained in a professional relationship that the client or employer has requested to be held inviolate or that we shall recognize as confidential because it’s disclosure could result in detriment to the client or employer, except when the disclosure is required by (1) Process of law, (2) to prevent a clear violation of law, or (3) to prevent a substantial injury to the public.

Question 15

Rule 14, honesty and fair dealing

Answer 15

We shall not deliberately misrepresent the qualifications, views and findings of other professionals.

Question 16

Rule 15, honesty and fair dealing

Answer 16

We shall not miss State our education, experience, training, or any other facts which are relevant to our professional qualifications.

Question 17

Rule 16, honesty and fair dealing

Answer 17

We shall not use the product of others’ efforts to seek professional recognition, credit, or a claim intended for producers of original work.

Question 18

What are the categories of rules associated with the aicp code of ethics? In which rule numbers do they correspond to?

Answer 18

1-6: Quality and integrity of practice.

7-8: Conflict of interest.

9-12: Improper influence and abuse of position.

13-17: Honesty and fair dealing.

18-19: Responsibility to employer.

20: Discrimination and harassment.

21-24: Bringing a charge and lack of cooperation with ethics officer.

Question 19

What are the categories of rules of conduct and which rules do they correspond to?

Answer 19

1-6: Quality and integrity of practice.

7-8: Conflict of interest.

9-12: Improper influence and abuse of position.

13-17: Honesty and fair dealing.

18-19: Responsibility to employer.

20: Discrimination and harassment.

21-24: Bringing a charge and lack of cooperation with an Ethics officer.

Question 20

Rule 17, honesty and fair dealing

Answer 20

We shall not fail to disclose the interest of our client or employer when participating in the planning process. Nor shall we participate in an effort to conceal the true interest of our client or employer

Question 21

Rule 18, responsibility to employer

Answer 21

We shall not, as employees, undertake other employment in planning or a related profession, whether or not financial remuneration, without having made full written disclosure to the employer furnishes our pay and having received subsequent written permission to undertake additional employment, unless our employer has a written policy permitting such employment without consent. In no case shall a planner engaged in any outside work that could create an actual conflict of interest.

Question 22

Rule 19, responsibility to employer

Answer 22

We shall not accept an assignment from a client or employer to publicly Advocate a position on a planning issue that is significantly different to a position we publicly advocated for a previous client or employer within the last 3 years unless (1) We determine in good faith our change of position will not cause present detriment to our previous client or employer and (2) We make full written disclosure of the conflict of our previous and current client or employer

Question 23

Rule 20, discrimination and harassment

Answer 23

We shall not commit or ignore an act of discrimination or harassment.

Question 24

World 21, bringing a charge and lack of cooperation with an Ethics officer

Answer 24

We shall not withhold cooperation or information from the aicp ethics officer or the aicp Ethics Committee if a charge of ethical misconduct has been filed against us or if it is determined by the ethics officer or Ethics Committee that we have information or knowledge relevant to a charge filed against another aicp member.

Question 25

Rule 22, bringing a charge or lack of cooperation with an Ethics officer

Answer 25

We shall not harass, retaliate, or threaten retaliation against a person who has filed the charge of ethical misconduct against us or another planner, or who is cooperating in the ethics officers investigation of an ethics charge.

Question 26

Rule 23, bringing a charge or lack of cooperation with an Ethics officer

Answer 26

We shall not use the aicp ethics process for any inappropriate purpose including threatening to file, or filing ethics charge against another planner for personal, picuniary, or professional gain or filing of a meritless complaint against another planner.

Question 27

Rule 24, bringing a charge and lack of cooperation with an Ethics officer

Answer 27

We shall not fail to immediately notify the ethics officer by both receded certified and regular first class mail if we are convicted of a serious crime defined in section e of the code; nor immediately following such conviction shall we represent ourselves as certified planners or members of aicp until our membership is reinstated by the aacp Ethics Committee pursuant to the procedures in section e of this code.

Question 28

What is provided by the aicp ethics officer that is considered assistance that is non-binding on aicp members?

Answer 28

Informal Advice