What Would Thomas Adams Do*? An Interactive Discussion about OPPI’s Professional Code of Practice and OPPI’s Complaint Process.

October 03, 2017

11:00am - 12:00pm

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Let’s say you are a municipal planner and a friendly developer offers to repave your driveway in appreciation for all your diligent work on her planning files, (and for your favourable recommendations).  Any professional land use planner worth their salt knows that to accept such a gift is a breach of OPPI’s Professional Code of Practice.  But there are many ethical dilemmas that crop up every day which are not so clear cut.  What to do … what would Thomas Adams do?  In addition to acting ethically on a day-to-day basis, you should also know what are your obligations are as an expert planning witness at an Ontario Municipal Board hearing?  Join Brian Brophey (OPPI’s Registrar and Director of Member Relations), Denise Baker (planning lawyer), and Brian Bridgeman (Chair of OPPI’s Discipline Committee) as they lead an interactive discussion about the importance of OPPI’s Professional Code of Conduct, the complaint process and changes under Bill 122, and how to navigate some entertaining ethics cases.
 
Learning Objectives:

• Understand why OPPI’s Professional Code of Practice is essential for a self-regulated profession.Find out what happens if a discipline complaint is made against you.
• Learn what changes are being proposed to the complaint process under Bill 122.
• Learn what the OMB expects of professional planners when giving opinion evidence at an OMB hearing.
• Participate in the interactive discussion to solve entertaining ethical planning dilemmas and find out “What would Thomas Adams do?

 
[*  Thomas Adams was a pioneer of urban planning and has been referred to as the godfather of Canadian planning.]

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