Online Course in Planning and Land Use Ethics
<a href="http://www.albanylaw.edu/sub.php?navigation_id=157&user_id=64" target="”_blank”">Patricia
Salkin</a>, director of the Government Law Center at the Albany Law
School and author of the <a href="http://lawoftheland.wordpress.com/" target="”_blank”">Law
of the Land blog</a>, which I often refer to, is teaching <a href="https://rutgers.catalog.cerkit.rutgers.edu/course/display/10372" target="”_blank”">an
online ethics in planning and land use regulation course</a> for
Rutgers University's Bloustein Online Continuing Education program. The
course lasts from May 26 to July 3, and costs $295. She knows her
stuff, so the course should be very helpful. Here's the course
description:<br>
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This course will explore the ethical responsibilities of the various
players in the land use game, from planners to lawyers to other
professionals (e.g., engineers and architects) and municipal officials.
The <a href="http://www.planning.org/aicp/" target="”_blank”">American Institute of
Certified Planners</a> <a href="http://www.planning.org/ethics/ethicscode.htm" target="”_blank”">Code of Ethics</a>
will be discussed as applied to a series of hypotheticals for
discussion, and course participants will review a series of reported
court decisions involving questions of ethics in the land use context.
Strategies for ensuring ethical conduct public sector clients will also
be discussed.
In this course:<br>
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<p>1) Participants will be able to identify potential ethics issues and
ascertain whether they are professional and/or legal; </p>
<p>2) Participants will be able to conduct a self-analysis of the
ethical dilemma and arrive at various options for action/non-action;</p>
<p>3) Participants will be able to engage in meaningful conversation with
their clients about various potential ethical issues to avoid them to
the greatest extent possible.</p><br>
Note: City Ethics has no relationship, financial or otherwise, with Rutgers University, AICP, Prof. Salkin, or Albany Law School.<br>
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Robert Wechsler<br>
Director of Research-Retired, City Ethics<br>
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