Successful Project Management, Second Edition
Designed to be practical, stimulating and challenging, this workbook describes the skills, techniques and considerations involved in successful project management.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Successful Project Management, Second Edition
Ethics
We will now look at a quite different type of issue which may affect how you resource and organize your project. Because projects take place outside the normal operations of an organization, they pose their own ethical dilemmas. There is certainly scope for unethical conduct in the relationship between the managers of a project, the client organization and any suppliers employed by the project.
ACTIVITY 20
Think about projects which have been sponsored by organizations you know. Were you ever aware of any of the following things happening? Tick any items which seem familiar.
| q | Overcharging clients |
| q | Providing inaccurate accounts |
| q | Giving gifts or financial rewards in an attempt to influence business decisions |
| q | Delaying before settling suppliers' debts |
| q | Providing inadequate goods or services |
| q | Providing unsafe working conditions |
| q | Paying suppliers at too low a rate |
| q | Stealing other people's ideas |
| q | Falsifying information in order to win contracts |
| q | Causing environmental damage |
| q | Ignoring the confidential status of information |
| q | Spreading misleading information about competitors. |
FEEDBACK
Not all the items of this list are illegal, but they are all unethical and should clearly be avoided.
Many organizations would like to improve their ethical standards, but feel they can only make gradual changes. Because projects are outside the day-to-day work of an organization, and often have a high profile, they can provide a good place to start. The impetus can also come from the...
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