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Code of Ethics Flashcards

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  1. A planner realizes mid-project that they lack the expertise needed for a specialized environmental analysis. The Code of Ethics requires the planner to:

    Answer: Disclose the limitation and seek qualified assistance

    Planners must practice only within their areas of competence and disclose limitations when they arise.

  2. Which of the following best describes the AICP concept of 'procedural fairness' in planning?

    Answer: Ensuring all affected parties have meaningful opportunities to participate in decisions

    Procedural fairness means providing genuine, inclusive participation opportunities—not just technical legal compliance.

  3. An employer pressures a planner to omit negative environmental findings from a public report. The planner should:

    Answer: Refuse and document the pressure, maintaining the integrity of the report

    The AICP Code requires planners to maintain the integrity of information even under employer pressure.

  4. Under the AICP Code, obligations to 'future generations' most directly relate to which planning activity?

    Answer: Long-range comprehensive planning that considers sustainability and resource preservation

    The Code's obligation to future generations is most directly expressed through long-range planning that preserves resources and opportunities.

  5. A planner serves on the board of a nonprofit housing organization and is also reviewing a rezoning application that would benefit that nonprofit. The appropriate ethical action is:

    Answer: Recuse from the review and disclose the conflict

    When a planner has a financial or organizational interest in an outcome, recusal and disclosure are required.

  6. The AICP Code's obligation to 'strive to expand choice and opportunity' is most closely aligned with which planning concept?

    Answer: Equity and environmental justice

    Expanding choice and opportunity is fundamentally an equity and environmental justice principle under the AICP framework.

  7. How does the AICP Code address a planner's obligation to report violations by non-AICP planners or allied professionals?

    Answer: The Code encourages reporting through appropriate channels even for non-AICP professionals

    While AICP can only discipline its own members, the Code encourages reporting unethical conduct by any professional through appropriate channels.