Everyday Ethics for Practicing Planners |  | Author: Carol D. Barrett
Publisher: APA Planners Press
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 246
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Dimensions (in): 10 x 6.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 1884829619
Dewey Decimal Number: 307.1216
EAN: 9781884829611
ASIN: 1884829619
Publication Date: January 1, 2002
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This book is on the suggested reading list for planners preparing to take the AICP exam. As veteran planner Carol Barrett points out, the most troublesome conflicts for planners aren't between good and bad, they're between competing good, neither of which can be fully achieved. The 54 real-world scenarios described here typify the tough moral dilemmas that confront today's practioners. Barrett offers planners a way to recognize the ethical conflicts that arise in everyday practice, analyze them using practical moral reasoning, apply relevant sections of the AICP Code of Ethics and the APA/AICP Ethical Principles in Planning (both of which are included in full), and decide on the best course of action. She tells a series of stories-each one a sticky situation that could confront a typical planner. Barrett points out the ethical issues, identifies possible alternatives, and cities relevant sections of the AICP Code. Finally she discusses the pros and cons of each alternative. Five particularly complex scenarios are especially intended for group discussion. Individuals studying for the AICP exam will find this book indispensable. But it also should be required reading for every planner who struggles to act ethically and for planning student who wants to understand how professionals define and serve the public interest. Planning agencies, private consulting firms, and planning commissions can use its realistic scenarios to jump start group discussions and workshops on ethical planning.
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 Should be a mandatory read for all planning students. September 16, 2004
Wes Estare (Branson MO)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I found this book to be a great exercise in the study of ethics. I wonder, in fact, if the above reader has even seen the book. But I digress, the book itself reviews a number of real-world scenarios that eschew simple answers. Any reader working in planning or government in general will be able to quickly draw parallels to their own day-to-day issues. The book does a great job of detailing how one can approach work in an ethical manner, and helps readers take a step back and critically view their work and decisions on a regular basis. Some of the most helpful cases are the ones where there are no "right" answers; the author does an excellent job of helping to break the issue down, where possible, and make the choices that are the most appropriate, if not always the easiest.
Given all the high profile legal cases surrounding ethics these days, it's a wonder books like these are not issued to planning students as they walk in the door.
Scenarios are the best way to learn! March 18, 2008
David J. Plante (Malta, New York)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Although this book uses/references the old AICP code of ethics, the situations detailed within its covers will always ring true for the practicing planner. Hopefully a new edition will be forthcoming with updated citations to the AICP code. Otherwise, excellent book, must read by practicing planners.
 content-free May 7, 2003
1 out of 11 found this review helpful
Book fails to make any convincing points.
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