Cities of Integrity Survey 2020

South Africa, Zambia, 2020

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If you responded Yes to Question 53, why was or wasn't the professional code of (q56)

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Accountability
Anyone can submit a land development application even if they are not registered with SACPLAN
As with many such documents the content is somewhat vague / general
Because ZIP is not functioning fully to deal with ethical matters. It's our individual sense of loyalty to ZIP which we follow.
Because they help me in performing my duties
Boundaries of ethical conduct established clearly
Can only be a guideline - your inherent way of operating must be ethical
Clear on what is expected and what not
Code of conduct often vague on values such as people/client centeredness
Compliance driven and divorced from reality
Direct planners on how they should conduct themselves in the work place
Does not protect the planning profession sufficiently
Don't really read it
Enable me to handle myslef in working environment
Enforcement
Fairly clear in what is considered unethical behaviour.
Guides me to do my job properly
Haven't read it.
Help with following the procedure of Land use applications
Helped to stay in chech
Helps me yo evaluate my behavior
I check my conduct against the code
I don't fully trust the ethics of the Government in applying the code
I don't think people even know what is stated in there.
I haven't used it.
I m not sure oy the reason
It aids me to know the dangers of corruption
It became politized
It binds you to a higher purpose and standard.
It creates a baseline for ethical conduct
It did apply to the subject matter at hand
It gives guidance on how every employee must behave and conduct themselves at the place of work
It gives guidance to behavior conduct and ethics
It guides how i handle projects and relate to clients
It guides personal behaviour and conduct
It helps in spelling out the do's and the don'ts. No ambiguity
It helps me to keep in check of my work boundaries
It helps or guide how to conduct oneself professionally
It helps planners to execute duties within the confines of the law
It helps to know the dos and fonts in our professional
It is a compact document which outlines the purpose and key principles for ethical behavior. It is easy to understand.
It is clearly formulated and quite specific
It is linked to my contract, my job plan and performance review
It is not really applied and I have not seen anyone being reported to the professional body. There is no consequences for deregistering a planner
It is only really relevant to those who agree with the principles. Not regulated enough
It is outdated and generally the current generation of planners doesn't take it seriously.
It is somewhat ambiguous in certain instances
It is useful in as far as it guides me on what to do.
It outlines my dos and don'ts
It protects both the planner and client
It protects the planner and the firm
It provided a guide/mirror to maintaining my integrity
It provides direction for action taken
It provides guidance in planning practice to avoid making mistakes
It regulates ones conduct
It resonates with the code of conduct in the public service.Therefore, I make reference to it.
It serves has a Guide to professional conduct
It set the behavioral expectations of ones conduct in practice
It should be renewed yearly by all registered professionals.
It sometimes collides with the 'way of doing things' on the ground
It states what is expected of planners i.e gives some guidance
It's acted as direction
It's important because it's guard my ways of work
It's just paper, mostly it's very subjective
It's not followed
It's not lawfully followed
It's provides guidance
It's useful as a reference when I am in a situation that may be difficult to know how to approach.
It's useful in terms of knowing the boundaries upon which I, or my client can or cannot cross
It's useful to remind staff on the our core purpose is to serve civil society as a civil servant
Its rare ly ever enforced
Its useful
Its useful because it guides the users what to follow wen executing their duties
Keeps professionals in check
Lack of accountability for those who flaunt the rules.
N/A
No
Not being inforced
Not filtering through into policy and not making the voice of private planners strong enough politically or socially.
Not really enforced, does not prevent bad behaviour, good people dont need a code to do their duties well
Not refered to often
Not that important in places of work. i.e. orientation to work environment does not include it.
PERSONAL ATTITUDE AND PRINCIPLES
Planners deal with issues at the level of principle - high level solutions / programmes / plans / strategies etc. The principles are broad, and like our policy - so broad that they can, be applied differently by different professionals who
Promote Professionalism
Promote ethical practice and standards
Provides a reminder of how to execute one's duties
Provides guidance on how to ensure morally correct professional behavior.
SACPLAN FAILS TO PROTECT OUR CAREER AS PLANNERS. ANYONE CAN SUBMIT APPLICATIONS NOWADAYS.
SACPLAN do not function effectively, there is no response from them. The rules are not clearly stated.
SACPLAN has in more than 25 years never acted in the interest of the profession of its members. They can't even answer or reply to an e-mail. Give no protection to the profession and no professional job protection. It is public knowledge that m
Somewhat not enforced
States what constitutes ethical conduct
The SACPLAN does not act on planners who are unethical.
The code of conduct is clearly described.
The code of conduct provided is clear but must be updated.
The confusion comes in the implementation.
The environment within a planner works in does not support him or her to work according with the demand of the Code of conduct
There is some recourse if the code is violated by practitioners - however those not registered with the professional body are not bound by the code of conduct- these unregulated people performing planning work are a major concern.
They do not represent all other planners like Social Planners and Environmental . the body only focuses on Urban planners
To Long and cumbersome to read - needs to be Impactful and easy to adopt
To guide on how urban development should be managed
To long and complex
To provide a framework of professional performance as i conduct my work
To provide clarification on issues of ethical dilemma. To also help enhance protection of integrity and core values of the profession...
Vague enough to allow for manipulation and not flexible enough to consider socio/political context
Very useful
Very useful because it guides the manner in which we planners must practice our profession
gives directives which is not always acknowledged by all professionals
helps to keep me in track
it helps keep me focused on my professional expectations and demands
so that i could understand the boundaries to planning and also how to behave around my colleges
the code of conduct guides me in my professional conduct
useful as it stipulates the expectations from planners professionally and socially

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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