Design professionals routinely navigate complex regulatory, contractual, and professional pressures that can create ethical risk—often without clear warning signs. This session examines the most common ethics and professionalism issues facing Minnesota design professionals, with a focus on where practitioners tend to go wrong and how those missteps can be avoided. Participants will receive a practical overview of Minnesota’s Rules of Professionalism and Ethics, along with a review of the key laws, rules, and factual patterns that frequently appear in disciplinary cases before licensing boards.