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AICP Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct <br /> <br />Page 1 of 5 <br /> <br />AICP Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct <br /> <br />(Adopted October 1978-as amended October 1991) <br /> <br />'This Code is a guide to the ethical conduct required of members of the American Institute of <br />Certified Planners. The Code also aims at informing the public of the principles to which <br />professional planners are committed. Systematic discussion of the application of these <br />principles, among planners and with the public, is itself essential behavior to bring the Code <br />into dally use. <br /> <br />The Code's standards of behavior provide a basis for adjudicating any charge that a member <br />has acted unethically. However, the Code also provides more than the minimum threshold <br />of enforceable acceptability. It sets aspirational standards that require conscious striving to <br />attain. <br /> <br />The principles of the Code derive both from the general values of society and from the <br />planning profession's spesial responsibility to serve the public interest. As the basic values <br />of society are often in competition with each other, so also do the principles of this Code <br />sometimes compete. For example, the need to provide full public information may compete <br />with the need to respect confidences. Plans and programs often result from a balancing <br />among divergent interests. An ethical judgment often also requires a conscientious <br />balancing, based on the facts and context ora particular situation and on the precepts of the <br />entire Code. Formal procedures for filing of complaints, investigation and resolution of <br />alleged violations and the issuance of advisory rulings are part of the Code. <br /> <br />The Planner's Responsibility to the Public <br /> <br />A. A planner's primary obligation is to serve the public interest. While the definition of <br />the public interest is formulated through continuous debate, a planner owes allegiance <br />to a conscientiously attained concept of the public interest, which requires these special <br />obligations: <br /> <br />I ?://xl .plat ' 3.03 aic~ duo fl I I I ! I [ I ! [ 1('"'20011 <br /> <br /> <br />