Ethics Case of the Year
Each year, APA chapters and divisions are encouraged to use a multiple-scenario ethics case at conferences and meetings. Remember to enter your 90-minute session for CM | 1.5 Ethics credits.
Consult the Ethics Toolkit and consider your format options. Also consider using either the entire six-scenario case or examining only one scenario in depth within the larger case context. Another alternative is to pick two or three scenarios for discussion.
The annual National Planning Conference includes an "Ethics Case of the Year" session. Consider submitting a proposal to the peer-review committee by contacting NPC Proposals for possible inclusion in the National Planning Conference. (Please include "Ethics Case of the Year" in the subject line of your e-mail.)
Highlight your chapter or division ethics session in your preliminary conference program. Print the case double-sided on a single sheet of paper — using the formatted template — and make it available as a handout before the session.
Use the formatted PowerPoint presentation of the ethics case as part of your session, adding your own slides as needed.
Tell us what you have learned and make suggestions for future ethics cases of the year. Contact APA getinvolved@planning.org.
Resources
APA Ethics in Planning Toolkit (pdf)
AICP Ethics Case of the Year 2018–19 (pdf)
AICP Ethics Case of the Year 2018–19 (ppt)
Notes on the 2018–19 Ethics Cases of the Year
This year's "case of the year" is a series of ethical scenarios based on real-life planning issues from the past year. It was developed by the AICP Ethics Committee with the assistance of AICP Ethics Officer James Peters, FAICP. It features seven different "cases" that address such current topics as: soliciting donations, spousal job conflicts, political involvement, and accepting gifts.
"We hope these real-life cases will help planners identify how the rules and ethical principles of the AICP Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct are applicable in daily professional use."
— Denise M. Harris, AICP, Ethics Committee Chair
Previous Cases
2017
AICP Ethics Case of the Year 2017–18 (pdf)
AICP Ethics Case of the Year 2017–18 PowerPoint Presentation (ppt)
2016
AICP Ethics Case of the Year 2016–17 (pdf)
AICP Ethics Case of the Year 2016–17 PowerPoint presentation (ppt)
2015
AICP Ethics Case of the Year 2015–16 (pdf)
AICP Ethics Case of the Year 2015–16 PowerPoint presentation (ppt)
2014
AICP Ethics Case of the Year 2014–15 (pdf)
AICP Ethics Case of the Year 2014–15 PowerPoint presentation (ppt)
2013
AICP Ethics Case of the Year 2013–14 and Guidance for Chapters and Divisions (pdf)
AICP Ethics Case of the Year 2013–14 PowerPoint presentation (ppt)
2012
AICP Ethics Case of the Year 2012–13 and Guidance for Chapters and Divisions (pdf)
AICP Ethics Case of the Year 2012–13 PowerPoint presentation (ppt)