Planning Ethics

This engaging and practical course provides professional planners with a thorough and thoughtful discussion of ethical concerns that many planners are likely to face in their careers. The work of planning for communities is rooted in values, often unexpressed, about the role of government in working for a better future.  So planners should, from time to time, examine their own values and those of the American Institute of Certified Planners as they go about their work in the public or private sectors. This course provides 2 CM credits, including the required 1.5 Ethics CM credits.

Instructor Carol D. Barrett, FAICP, has been thinking about practical planning ethics since she was first directed to do something illegal on the job, almost thirty years ago. Ms. Barrett is a highly acclaimed expert in planning ethics. She is author of Everyday Ethics for Practicing Planners, widely regarded as the definitive work on planning ethics. Carol is a former president of the American Planning Association's Texas Chapter. She is also a past member of the AICP Ethics Committee and the Joint APA/AICP Ethics Awareness Committee. She served on the 1978 Committee, chaired by Jerry Kaufman, which drafted the AICP Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.