Ethics Flashcards
Primary obligation of planners
To serve the public interest
Overall Responsibility to the Public
a) We shall always be conscious of the rights of others.
b) We shall have special concern for the long-range consequences of present actions.
c) We shall pay special attention to the interrelatedness of decisions.
d) We shall provide timely, adequate, clear, and accurate information on planning issues to all affected persons and to governmental decision makers.
e) We shall give people the opportunity to have a meaningful impact on the development of plans and programs that may affect them. Participation should be broad enough to include those who lack formal organization or influence.
f) We shall seek social justice by working to expand choice and opportunity for all persons, recognizing a special responsibility to plan for the needs of the disadvantaged and to promote racial and economic integration. We shall urge the alteration of policies, institutions, and decisions that oppose such needs.
g) We shall promote excellence of design and endeavor to conserve and preserve the integrity and heritage of the natural and built environment.
h) We shall deal fairly with all participants in the planning process. Those of us who are public officials or employees shall also deal evenhandedly with all planning process participants.
Responsibility to Our Clients and Employers
a) We shall exercise independent professional judgment on behalf of our clients and employers.
b) We shall accept the decisions of our client or employer concerning the objectives and nature of the professional services we perform unless the course of action is illegal or plainly inconsistent with our primary obligation to the public interest.
c) We shall avoid a conflict of interest or even the appearance of a conflict of interest in accepting assignments from clients or employers.
Our Responsibility to Our Profession and Colleagues
a) We shall protect and enhance the integrity of our profession.
b) We shall educate the public about planning issues and their relevance to our everyday lives.
c) We shall describe and comment on the work and views of other professionals in a fair and professional manner.
d) We shall share the results of experience and research that contribute to the body of planning knowledge.
e) We shall examine the applicability of planning theories, methods, research and practice and standards to the facts and analysis of each particular situation and shall not accept the applicability of a customary solution without first establishing its appropriateness to the situation.
f) We shall contribute time and resources to the professional development of students, interns, beginning professionals, and other colleagues.
g) We shall increase the opportunities for members of underrepresented groups to become professional planners and help them advance in the profession.
h) We shall continue to enhance our professional education and training.
i) We shall systematically and critically analyze ethical issues in the practice of planning.
j) We shall contribute time and effort to groups lacking in adequate planning resources and to voluntary professional activities.
What is formed through continuous and open debate?
A conscientiously attained concept of the public interest is formed through continuous and open debate.
- We shall not deliberately or with reckless indifference fail to provide __________ information on planning issues.
- We shall not deliberately or with reckless indifference fail to provide ADEQUATE, TIMELY, CLEAR AND ACCURATE information on planning issues.
- We shall not accept an assignment from a client or employer when the services to be performed involve conduct that __________.
- We shall not accept an assignment from a client or employer when the services to be performed involve conduct that WE KNOW TO BE ILLEGAL OR IN VIOLATION OF THESE RULES.
- We shall not accept an assignment from a client or employer to publicly advocate a position on a planning issue that is indistinguishably adverse to a position we publicly advocated for a previous client or employer within the past three years unless (1) we determine in good faith after consultation with other qualified professionals that __________, and (2) we __________ to our current client or employer and receive written permission to proceed with the assignment.
- We shall not accept an assignment from a client or employer to publicly advocate a position on a planning issue that is indistinguishably adverse to a position we publicly advocated for a previous client or employer within the past three years unless (1) we determine in good faith after consultation with other qualified professionals that 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 to our current client or employer and receive written permission to proceed with the assignment.
- We shall not, as salaried employees, __________, without having made full written disclosure to the employer who furnishes our salary and having received subsequent written permission to undertake additional employment, unless __________.
- We shall not, as salaried employees, UNDERTAKE OTHER EMPLOYMENT IN PLANNING OR A RELATED PROFESSION, WHETHER OR NOT FOR PAY, without having made full written disclosure to the employer who furnishes our salary and having received subsequent written permission to undertake additional employment, unless OUR EMPLOYER HAS A WRITTEN POLICY WHICH EXPRESSLY DISPENSES WITH A NEED TO OBTAIN SUCH CONSENT.
- We shall not, as public officials or employees, accept from anyone other than our public employer any __________ that may be perceived as related to our public office or employment.
- 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.
- 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 __________ , unless our client or employer, after full written disclosure from us, consents in writing to the arrangement.
- 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 FOR DIRECT PERSONAL OR FINANCIAL GAIN TO US, OUR FAMILY MEMBERS, OR PERSONS LIVING IN OUR HOUSEHOLD, unless our client or employer, after full written disclosure from us, consents in writing to the arrangement.
- We shall not use to our personal advantage, nor that of a subsequent client or employer, information __________ . Nor shall we disclose such confidential information except when __________ . Disclosure pursuant to (2) and (3) shall not be made until after we have verified the facts and issues involved and, when practicable, exhausted efforts to obtain reconsideration of the matter and have sought separate opinions on the issue from other qualified professionals employed by our client or employer.
- We shall not use to our personal advantage, nor that of a subsequent client or employer, information GAINED IN A PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIP THAT THE CLIENT OR EMPLOYER HAS REQUESTED BE HELD INVIOLATE OR THAT WE SHOULD RECOGNIZE AS CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE ITS DISCLOSURE COULD RESULT IN EMBARRASSMENT OR OTHER DETRIMENT TO THE CLIENT OR EMPLOYER. Nor shall we disclose such confidential information except when (1) REQUIRED BY PROCESS OF LAW, OR (2) REQUIRED TO PREVENT A CLEAR VIOLATION OF LAW, OR (3) REQUIRED TO PREVENT A SUBSTANTIAL INJURY TO THE PUBLIC. Disclosure pursuant to (2) and (3) shall not be made until after we have verified the facts and issues involved and, when practicable, exhausted efforts to obtain reconsideration of the matter and have sought separate opinions on the issue from other qualified professionals employed by our client or employer.
- We shall not, as public officials or employees, engage in private communications with planning process participants __________ if such private communications are prohibited by law or by agency rules, procedures, or custom.
- We shall not, as public officials or employees, engage in private communications with planning process participants IF THE DISCUSSIONS RELATE TO A MATTER OVER WHICH WE HAVE AUTHORITY TO MAKE A BINDING, FINAL DETERMINATION if such private communications are prohibited by law or by agency rules, procedures, or custom.
- We shall not engage in private discussions with decision makers in the planning process in any manner __________.
- We shall not engage in private discussions with decision makers in the planning process in any manner PROHIBITED BY LAW OR BY AGENCY RULES, PROCEDURES, OR CUSTOM.
- We shall neither deliberately, nor with reckless indifference, __________ of other professionals.
- We shall neither deliberately, nor with reckless indifference, MISREPRESENT THE QUALIFICATIONS, VIEWS AND FINDINGS of other professionals.
- We shall not solicit prospective clients or employment through __________ .
- We shall not solicit prospective clients or employment through use OF FALSE OR MISLEADING CLAIMS, HARASSMENT, OR DURESS.
- We shall not misstate our __________ which are relevant to our professional qualifications.
- We shall not misstate our EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR ANY OTHER FACTS which are relevant to our professional qualifications.
- We shall not sell, or offer to sell, services by __________.
- We shall not sell, or offer to sell, services by STATING OR IMPLYING AN ABILITY TO INFLUENCE DECISIONS BY IMPROPER MEANS.