Chapter 14 Professional Conduct

Question 1

Abusive manner

Answer 1

Treating others with conduct that may result in harm, fear, humiliation, manipulation, or exploitation. For example, berating a project
team member because they’ve taken longer than
expected to complete a project assignment may
be considered humiliation.

Question 2

Conflict of interest

Answer 2

A situation where a project manager may have two competing duties of loyalty. For example, purchasing software from a relative may benefit the relative, but it may do harm to the
performing organization.

Question 3

Duty of loyalty

Answer 3

A project manager’s responsibility to be loyal to another person, organization, or vendor. For example, a project manager has a duty of loyalty to promote the best interests of an employer
rather than the best interests of a vendor.

Question 4

PMI member

Answer 4

Anyone, whether certified as a project manager or not, who has joined the Project Management
Institute.

Question 5

Practitioner

Answer 5

A person who is serving in the capacity of a project manager or contributing to the management of a project, portfolio of projects, or program. For example, a program manager is considered to be a project practitioner under this
definition.

Question 6

Sapir wharf hypothesis

Answer 6

The language that you speak effects how you think. Understanding the language the better you are able to understand how people think and act in that culture

Question 7

Culture shock

Answer 7

Initial reaction to forge in country. At first feel disoriented and unknown combat by educationist self on culture

Question 8

Ethnocentrism

Answer 8

Measure other culture by your own usually with attitude that own culture is better