EPM-1183 : Professional Practice and Standards

EPM-1183
Professional Practice
And
Ethics

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Course Description EPM-1183 : Professional Practice and Standards

Course Description
In This Course A solid sense of your own professional ethical standards allows you to live an
professional authentic life and be more confident about the choices you make at
work. In your role as a Project Manager or any other professional, this study of
ethics will address professional ethical issues by exploring different ethical theories
and approaches to decision making. Students will learn the elements of logical
discussion and debate as well as cognitive biases that can create flaws in our own
thinking. Whether you are faced with a personal ethical dilemma or a disagreement
with colleagues, students will be better prepared to analyze the issue and apply
ethical reasoning to create a satisfactory conclusion. Students will also gain better
insight into the code of ethics as enunciated by the project management institute
(PMI) and other Project Management bodies. Also, business ethics represent the
standards for right and wrong that govern how business people act. The term also
refers to the study of moral principles in the workplace. This course reviews the
major ethical issues facing project managers. It looks at the specific challenges
project leaders may confront as they deal with team members, vendors,
stakeholders, and sponsors.

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L es 5.1 Review the PMI ethical decision framework process of assessment,
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u r om analysis, application and action.

Co utc 5.2 Discuss the ethical standards in Project Management practice as it

h e O affects the individual and the profession. Also describe situations

T where ethical concerns exist and present alternatives to such
situations.
5.3 Describe practical Steps Firms can take to Minimise Ethical Breaches.

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Session Coverage

5.1 Review the PMI ethical

decision framework process
of assessment, analysis,
application and action.

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Introduction

Introduction
PMI Ethical Decision-Making Framework
(EDMF) document describes steps that can be
used to guide an individual in the project
management profession through a process to
make a decision when confronted with an
ethical dilemma.
Ref:
PMI: PMI Ethical Decision-Making Framework (EDMF)

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Purpose

Purpose
The purpose of this document is to supplement
the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional
Conduct with an aid for project management
professionals who are confronted with an
ethical dilemma can use.

Ref:
PMI: PMI Ethical Decision-Making Framework (EDMF)

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EDMF EDMF
The PMI EDMF has been developed for use by
individual members of PMI and for use by PMI
credential holders; it is aspirational and not
mandatory.
Since the PMI EDMF is intended to be used as a guide
for critical thinking throughout the ethical decision-
making process, it is represented as a sequence of
questions and sub-questions to stimulate the user
beginning with the recognition and assessment of the
issue and ending with a decision and action.
Ref:
PMI: PMI Ethical Decision-Making Framework (EDMF)
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Responsibility of the user.

The answers to the questions raised by the PMI

EDMF are the responsibility of the user.

The PMI EDMF can also be effectively used at

the end of a decision-making process, when a
decision is about to be made, to reflectively
look back to see if the important steps have
been taken and if the important considerations
have been made.
Ref:
PMI: PMI Ethical Decision-Making Framework (EDMF)

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Challenge Since the PMI EDMF is not entirely

yourself with prescriptive and does not include every
additional
possible step or question useful for
steps
making an ethical decision, users are
encouraged to be stimulated by PMI
EDMF to challenge themselves with
additional steps and questions.

Ref:
PMI: PMI Ethical Decision-Making Framework (EDMF)

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Assessment

Ref:
PMI: PMI Ethical Decision-Making Framework (EDMF)

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Alternatives

Ref:
PMI: PMI Ethical Decision-Making Framework (EDMF)

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Analysis

Ref:
PMI: PMI Ethical Decision-Making Framework (EDMF)

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Application

Ref:
PMI: PMI Ethical Decision-Making Framework (EDMF)

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Action

Ref:
PMI: PMI Ethical Decision-Making Framework (EDMF)

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Reflection
Chill Time
10 Minutes
Reflect upon your
learning in the current
session so far.

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Session Coverage
5.2 Discuss the ethical standards in
Project Management practice as it
affects the individual and the
profession. Also describe
situations where ethical concerns
exist and present alternatives to
such situations.

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5.2 Discuss the ethical standards in Project Management practice as it affects the individual and
the profession. Also describe situations where ethical concerns exist and present alternatives to
such situations.

Classroom Discussion
Discuss the ethical standards in Project Management
practice as it affects the individual and the
profession. Also describe situations where ethical
concerns exist and present alternatives to such
Students Activity
situations.

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Break

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Session Coverage

5.3 Describe practical Steps

Firms can take to Minimise
Ethical Breaches.

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5.3 Describe practical Steps Firms can take to Minimise Ethical Breaches.

Discussion • Send the Message That Crime Doesn’t Pay

• Don’t Play Favorites
• Recruit Leaders with a Record of Integrity
• Require Employees to Make Tough Decisions in Groups
Students Activity
• Champion Transparency

REF:
HBR paper: How to Scandal-Proof Your Company
by Paul Healy and George Serafeim From the Magazine (July–August 2019)

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