Chapter Ethic Flashcards
For which of the following actions could a project manager incur a fine and be jailed?
A. Using people from outside the project manager’s country to work on the project
B. Failing to file the necessary permits in their own country
C. Paying a bribe to a foreign official
D. Not using minority workers on the project
The correct answer is C.
ln the course of completing work on the project, the project manager needs to complete an activity that she
has never done before. During this time, the project manager attends a professional association
discussion where the presenter discusses how he completed a difficult activity on his project that is similar
to the project rnanaçers activity. He provides a handout describing his process. The project manager
should:
A. Use the process to complete the activity.
B. Ask the speaker for permission to use the information.
C. Ignore the information.
D. Ask her manager for guidance.
The correct answer is B.
A family member has a copy of a software program. He offers it to you at no cost because it will solve a
business problem you have discussed with him. What should you do?
A. Do not accept the software, and advise the family member that such activity is in
violation of copyright law.
B. Refuse the software and notify the owner of the software.
C. Accept the software and use it until you are able to buy the software yourself.
D. Accept the software with thanks since the software creator will not find out.
The correct answer is A.
You are a new project manager for Company B. You previously worked for Company A. which had an extensive project management practice. Company B has its own procedures, but you are more familiar with those from Company A. You should:
A. Use the practices from Company A but include any forms from Company B.
B. Use the forms from Company Band begin to instruct them on ways to upgrade them.
C. Talk about changes to the change control board of Company B.
D. Interact with others in an ethical way by sharing the good aspects of Company A’s procedures.
The correct answer is B.
A large, complex construction project in a foreign country requires coordination to move the required equipment through crowded city streets. To ensure the equipment is transported successfully, your contact in that country informs you that you will have to pay the local police a fee for coordinating traffic. what should
you do?
A. Do not pay the fee because it is a bribe.
B. Eliminate the work.
C. Pay the fee.
D. Do not pay the fee if it is not part of the project estimate.
The correct answer is C.
You are reviewing the expense reports for one of your team members when you notice a payment he
made in another country. You think the payment is a bribe. What is your FIRST course of action?
A. Seek legal advice.
B. Contact the payee in the other country and ask if the payment was a bribe.
C. Ignore the problem; it is in the past.
D. File a permit authorizing the team to make such payments.
The correct answer is A.
A major negotiation with a potential subcontractor is scheduled for tomorrow when you discover there is a
good chance the project will be canceled. What should you do?
A. Do not spend too much time preparing for the negotiations.
B. Cut the negotiations short.
C. Only negotiate major items.
D. Postpone the negotiations.
The correct answer is D.
Adhering to legal requirements, satisfying competing needs, providing accurate and truthful
representations, and disclosing conflicts of interest are all:
A. Examples of scope management.
B. Examples of the professional and social responsibility of the project manager.
C. Examples of project closure activities.
D. Examples of the intellectual property requirements of subcontractors.
The correct answer is B.
While working on a project in another country, you are asked to make a “facilitating• payment so the country
officials will issue a work order. What should you do?
A. Make the payment.
B. Ask the person for proof the payment is required.
C. Seek legal advice on whether such a payment is a bribe.
D. Do not pay and see what happens.
The correct answer is C.
You are approached by company A to produce certain software. During the middle of the project, a
competitor of company A asks you to produce similar software. What should you do?
A. Do not do the new project since it is a conflict of interest.
B. Do the project using some of the material created for company A.
C. Do the project with all new work.
D. Review the intellectual property clause for the first project to help determine the
approach to take.
The correct answer is D.
Your company wants to assign a resource to your project and asks you to bill that resource to the customer.
This concerns you because you get a bonus for maximizing billings to the customer. What is the BEST
thing to do?
A. Maximize customer billings in any ethical manner possible.
B. Ask for the customer’s approval before adding the resource to the project scope.
C. Ask for clarification of the intent of adding the resource.
D. Remind the appropriate members of the billing organization that monetary
compensation is not worth compromising the integrity of the individual or the organization.
The correct answer is C.
Over lunch with another project manager, you discuss ways to identify risks on your project. The next day, the other project manager sends you risk identification software created by her company with a copyright
date of 1998. What should you do?
A. Find out if using an old format would be acceptable.
B. Obtain approval from your legal department.
C. Share some of your templates with her to improve competencies.
D. Send the software back.
The correct answer is D.
A good friend at work tells you that when his wife was diagnosed with cancer, he stole items from work and
sold them, using the money for her treatment. He has since paid back the money taken, in ways that kept
his theft secret. Ethically, what should you do?
A. Advise your friend to tell his company and do nothing.
B. Report him to his manager.
C. Talk with a lawyer to see if this can be justified.
D. Attempt to gather evidence to determine whether or not the theft in fact occurred.
The correct answer is B.
Payment for routine government action by a foreign official is:
A. A bribe.
B. Allowed.
C. Not payable upon violation of government law.
D. Allowed only if they process the project schedule.
The correct answer is B.
Payment for any decision made or encouraged by a foreign official with respect to whether a company will
be awarded business is BEST described as:
A. A common practice.
B. A sunk cost.
C. A bribe.
D. A progress fee.
The correct answer is C.
