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Professional Ethics & Governance Flashcards

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  1. A recreation professional discovers that a colleague is falsifying participant attendance records to meet grant requirements. What is the MOST appropriate first action?

    Answer: Confront the colleague privately and document the conversation

    Addressing misconduct directly and privately first — while documenting the exchange — is the ethical step before escalating through formal channels.

  2. Which of the following BEST describes the concept of fiduciary duty in recreation governance?

    Answer: The obligation to act in the best interest of those served rather than personal gain

    Fiduciary duty requires board members and professionals to place the interests of the organization and those it serves above personal interests.

  3. A parks and recreation board is considering a contract with a vendor whose owner is the board chair's sibling. This situation BEST exemplifies:

    Answer: A conflict of interest requiring disclosure and recusal

    A familial relationship between a board member and a vendor constitutes a conflict of interest that must be disclosed and recused from the vote.

  4. Under NRPA's Code of Ethics, recreation professionals are expected to:

    Answer: Serve the public interest while maintaining competence and integrity

    NRPA's Code of Ethics centers on serving the public interest, maintaining professional competence, and acting with integrity.

  5. What is the PRIMARY purpose of a whistleblower protection policy in a recreation agency?

    Answer: To encourage reporting of wrongdoing by protecting reporters from retaliation

    Whistleblower protections remove the fear of retaliation so that ethical violations can be reported without personal risk to the reporter.

  6. A recreation director applies for a personal grant using data collected on agency time and with agency resources. This action MOST likely violates:

    Answer: Conflict of interest and misuse of public resources policies

    Using public agency resources for personal financial gain violates conflict-of-interest policies and misuse-of-public-resources statutes.

  7. A recreation board member who votes on all budget items but never discloses a financial stake in a contracted supplier is MOST clearly violating which principle?

    Answer: Transparency and disclosure obligations

    Failure to disclose a financial interest in a supplier when voting on contracts violates transparency and conflict-of-interest disclosure obligations.