Everyday Ethics for Practicing Planners

A Planner Works Part Time in Real Estate Sales -- Can You Be a Consultant to the Public Agency Where You Once Worked? -- Private Enterprise Seeks a Public Official -- Dealing with Allegations of Sexual Harassment -- Window Dressing Minority Contracting -- Planning Director Browbeats Consultants -- What Happens when a Consultant Takes On Too Much Work? -- The Consultant's New Staff -- The Consultant's Brochure -- Preserving Indian Artifacts -- Negative Comments about Consultant Work -- Giving Credit where Credit Is Due -- Grocery Store Market Analysis -- Who Determines the Real Numbers? -- Pricing the Comprehensive Plan -- What's the Difference between Exactions and Extortion? -- Action Alternatives -- When the Rules of the Game Seem to Change -- Using the Planning Process to Stop an Unpopular Land Use -- Is Something Serious Really Going On? -- Planner Spies Endangered Species -- Are Wetlands an Ethical Issue? -- Does Historic Preservation Overrule Religious Rights? -- Disclosing Your Employer -- Damson Preserves -- When Your Personal Values Clash with a Planning Assignment -- 3. Discussion Scenarios -- When a University Flexes Its Muscle -- An Exercise in Damage Control -- Whistle Blowing or Blowing in the Wind -- Prioritizing Non-Work That Occurs at the Office -- Arnold Oil Company Conditional Use Application -- Appendix -- Scenarios Organized by Applicable Code Elements -- AICP/APA Ethical Principles in Planning -- AICP Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct -- AICP Advisory Rulings -- Answer Sheet for Ethics Workshop -- The Social Responsibility of the Planner -- ICMA Code of Ethics with Guidelines -- ICMA Declaration of Ideals -- Index