RTPI North East Ethics Breakfast Seminar
APL is hosting this RTPI event which will be chaired by our Director of Planning and Urban Design Dr Cat Button.
Ensuring the ethical behaviour of its’ Members is one of the RTPI's priorities. It forms a critical element of the Assessment of Professional Competence and is of vital importance throughout our working lives. Led by a double act of the Chair of the Institute’s Membership and Ethics Committee and its’ Ethics Champion this free breakfast seminar is hosted by RTPI NE and Newcastle University. The seminar will introduce the Institute’s new on-line training module on the subject and explore issues such as ethical workplace challenges, conflicts of interest, equality and diversity, professional competency, gifts and hospitality and use of social media.
Places are limited, book early to avoid disappointment.
Programme
- Chair’s Introduction
Dr Cat Button, Director of planning and Urban Design at Newcastle University - The role of the RTPI Conduct and Discipline Panel – maintaining high standards of professional conduct
Lauren Whitworth, Head of New Business at Trafford Housing Trust/L&Q Chair of RTPI Code and Discipline Panel - Ethics, Conduct and Discipline – so what does this mean in everyday practice?
John Craig MRTPI, Head of Planning at Hull City Council (Past Vice Chair – Conduct and Discipline Panel)