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Professional Standards & Ethics Flashcards

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  1. A park professional is asked by their supervisor to approve a permit application from a relative of the supervisor. The professional's ethical response should be to:

    Answer: Recuse themselves and inform their supervisor of the conflict of interest

    Even when the conflict involves a supervisor's relative rather than the professional's own, transparency and recusal prevent undue influence.

  2. According to NRPA professional standards, a Certified Park and Recreation Professional (CPRP) who provides services outside their area of competence is:

    Answer: Violating the ethical standard of competence

    Practicing beyond one's competence violates NRPA ethical standards regardless of disclosure or outcome.

  3. When developing community recreation programs, the ethical standard of 'inclusion' requires professionals to:

    Answer: Design programs that accommodate diverse abilities, backgrounds, and identities

    NRPA's inclusion ethic requires proactively designing programs that welcome and accommodate all community members.

  4. A recreation department employee uses agency vehicles for personal errands on weekends. Under NRPA professional ethics, this constitutes:

    Answer: A misuse of public resources and a breach of professional ethics

    Using public resources for personal benefit is a breach of the stewardship and integrity principles in NRPA ethics.

  5. The NRPA requires professionals to maintain what type of relationship with the communities they serve?

    Answer: Trusting, transparent, and service-oriented relationships

    NRPA ethics emphasize building trust and genuine service orientation as the foundation of professional-community relationships.

  6. What is the appropriate response when an NRPA professional is asked to sign off on a safety inspection they did not personally conduct?

    Answer: Refuse to certify the inspection and require it to be properly completed

    Certifying work one did not personally perform is dishonest and violates the integrity standards in the NRPA Code of Ethics.

  7. Under NRPA standards, how should a recreation professional handle a situation where following agency policy would result in clear harm to participants?

    Answer: Advocate for policy change while taking necessary protective action for participants

    NRPA ethics call for advocating to change harmful policies through proper channels while fulfilling the primary duty to protect participant welfare.