What Would You Do?

This session will focus on how the daily management of people, projects, and processes can create conflicts with aspirational principles and the ethics code. The presenters, who have worked in various planning capacities across the country, will focus on real-life situations. These include: what if you are not in alignment with elected officials or your boss, managing difficult employees, handling out of scope work, losing control of a public meeting, under performing subconsultants, accepting pro bono work when your busy, changing a planning/zoning decision based on elected officials comments, getting a plan/ordinance across the finish line, etc. The presenters will offer very plausible solutions to each of these scenarios, some of which may be grey areas in the code of ethics. After attendees have voted on which solution they think is the most ethical and practical solution, the presenters will discuss the situation, the nuances of it, how it was handled, and why and how it aligns with the code of ethics or the principals we aspire to. The panel will discuss the other solutions with attendees and discuss why they may or may not have worked and whether they align with the code of ethics and principles.

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