"This book is on the suggested reading list for planners preparing to take the AICP exam. As veteran planner the author 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. The author offers planners a way to recognize the ethical conflicts...
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.
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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...
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