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American Planning Association AICP Exam - Topic 2 Question 44 Discussion

ScenarioThe local YMCA is proposing to build a swimming pool next to their existing facility in your medium-sized town. You are a planner and must review the development proposal. The wife of one of the senior planners is the YMCA director. The husband of the planning director is the Chair of the Board of Directors for the YMCA. Everybody on the YMCA board is a family friend to both the senior planner and the planning director. What might you do?
A) You have a job to do, and you are not tainted with the conflict of interest. It is important to be as open and transparent in review of the proposal as you would be with any other proposal. You are fortunate in that, according to the scenario, you have not been asked to favor the proposal. Proceed with your analysis and make a recommendation on the proposal as usual. You might disclose the potential conflicts that do exist in your report. You might have your work reviewed by an outside consultant rather than by the planning director. You might ask that all those personally involved in the situation recuse themselves from making the final decision about the proposal. Your only conflict might be in displeasing your boss. If you are going to shade the results in order to please your boss, then you have a problem.
B) You have a job to do, and you are not tainted with the conflict of interest. It is important to be as open and transparent in review of the proposal as you would be with any other proposal. You are fortunate in that, according to the scenario, you have not been asked to favor the proposal. Proceed with your analysis and make a recommendation on the proposal as usual. You might disclose the potential conflicts that do exist in your report. You might have your work reviewed by an outside consultant rather than by the planning director.

American Planning Association AICP Exam - Topic 2 Question 44 Discussion

Actual exam question for American Planning Association's AICP exam
Question #: 44
Topic #: 2
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The local YMCA is proposing to build a swimming pool next to their existing facility in your medium-sized town. You are a planner and must review the development proposal. The wife of one of the senior planners is the YMCA director. The husband of the planning director is the Chair of the Board of Directors for the YMCA. Everybody on the YMCA board is a family friend to both the senior planner and the planning director. What might you do?

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by Derick at Aug 02, 2022, 06:59 AM

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Evette
8 months ago
Why not just get a completely independent review?
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Jacklyn
8 months ago
Just disclose everything and let the chips fall where they may.
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Kattie
9 months ago
Wait, how can they be impartial with all those connections?
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Julianna
9 months ago
I agree, transparency is key here!
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Terry
9 months ago
Seems like a clear conflict of interest to me.
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Rebbecca
9 months ago
I remember a question on a practice exam that was similar, and it emphasized the importance of recusal. Shouldn't everyone involved step back from the decision-making process?
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Chery
9 months ago
I feel like I should definitely recommend an outside consultant. It’s what we talked about in our ethics module, but I'm not sure if it would really solve the problem.
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Laquanda
9 months ago
I think the key is transparency. We practiced a case where we had to disclose conflicts, and it seems like that would apply here too. But I wonder if just disclosing is enough?
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Lindsay
9 months ago
I'm a bit unsure about how to handle the conflict of interest here. I remember discussing similar scenarios in class, but this one feels more complicated since it's so personal.
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Yaeko
9 months ago
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Quentin
9 months ago
Wait, am I overthinking this? Custom seems like it could be tricky... I'm not 100% certain.
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Adela
10 months ago
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Aron
10 months ago
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