• Identify the importance of ethics in project management.
Though the primary focus of project management is on delivering on time and earning profits, ethical behavior is equally important. Project managers must be ethical in their dealings with their teams and with internal and external stakeholders.
Consider the ethics of project management and respond to the following:
• Examine all aspects of a project manager's relationship with the team and discuss how ethics apply to this relationship. Give at least two examples to substantiate your answer.
• A project manager may face conflicting demands, for example, the need to minimize costs and the desire to improve quality. Discuss some principles that should guide the project manager's decision in cases of conflict between two legitimate demands. Give at least two examples to illustrate these principles.