Professional Responsibility
Project description
NOTE:
In this unit, you will have two Assignments to complete and submit. Create a separate file for
each Assignment and submit both files to their respectiv
e Unit 9 Dropboxes.
Read the Professional Responsibility section (pp. 509
a
520) of Chapter 12 of the
PMP Exam Study
Guide
. Write a 1
–
page paper, using MS Word, which addresses each of the following points:
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Your analysis of the definitions of ethics and the importance of a project manager adhering to a
acode of ethicsa (i.e., What effect on human behaviors will the code have?).
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Identify what you think are the top three behaviors in what you would adopt as ayo
ura code of
ethics as it pertains to project management.
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What are considered to be aethicala business behaviors varies from country to country around
the world. For example, in some European countries, it is considered to be a savvy business
practice to bu
y a product which is in limited supply with the sole intent of re
–
selling it for a
higher price, whereas in the U.S. this might be considered to be illegal ascalping.a How would
you act as a project manager if you were working on an international assignmen
t which called
for you to do something which is considered to be aethicala in another country but anot ethicala
in the United States?
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Use the following sub
–
titles for this part of the Assignment:
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Definition of ethics
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Importance of project managers adherin
g to a acode of ethicsa
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Top three behaviors in your personal code of ethics (be sure to link these behaviors to
project management)
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How a project manager should respond to varying asituationala standards of ethics as
they are encountered from country to co
untry.