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AICP Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct <br /> <br />Page 3 of 5 <br /> <br />3) A planner shall not perform work if there is an actual, apparent, or <br />reasonably foreseeable conflict of interest, direct or indirect, or an appearance <br />of impropriety, without full written disclosure concerning work for current or <br />past clients and subsequent written consent by the current client or employer. A <br />planner shall remove himself or herself from a project if there is any direct <br />personal or financial gain including gains to family members. A planner shall <br />not disclose information gained in the course of public activity for a private <br />benefit unless the information would be offered impartially to any person. <br /> <br />4) A planner who has previously worked for a public planning body should not <br />represent a private client, for one year after the planner's last date of <br />employment with the planning body, in connection with any matter before that <br />body that the planner may have influenced before leaving public employment. <br /> <br />5) A planner must not solicit prospective clients or employment through use of <br />false or misleading claims, harassment or duress. <br /> <br />6) A planner must not sell or offer to sell services by stating or implying an <br />ability to influence decisions by improper means. <br /> <br />7) A planner must not use the power of any office to seek or obtain a special' <br />advantage that is not in the public interest nor any special advantage that is not <br />a matter of public knowledge. <br /> <br />8) A planner must not accept or continue to perform work beyond the planner's <br />professional competence or accept work which cannot be performed with the <br />promptness required by the prospective client or employer, or which is required <br />by the circumstances of the assignment. <br /> <br />9) A planner must not reveal infoi-mation gained in a professional relationship <br />which the client or employer has requested to be held inviolate. Exceptions to <br />this requirement of non-disclosure may be made only when (a) required by <br />process of law, or (b) required tn prevent a clear violation of law, or (c) <br />required to prevent a substantial injury to the public. Disclosure pursuant to (b) <br />and (c) must not be made until after the planner has verified the facts and issues <br />involved and, when practicable, has exhausted efforts to obtain recousideratious <br />of the matter and has sought separate opinions on the issue from other qualified <br /> <br />I p://~ .plal ' g.oL"Laiq' tdu0 ' ~1 / I I I I ! I I I 11':'~'200] I <br /> <br /> <br />