Ethics of Professional Practice

Question 1

Ethics as a marketing issue

Answer 1

If you can not do a quality job for the price then walk away.

• don’t sell people you don’t have
• don’t bait and switch
• don’t sell what you don’t plan to deliver
• compete fairly with your competitors

Question 2

Ethics as a project delivery issue

Answer 2

• deliver what you promise
• balance fees against resources and quality
• implement project controls that will maintain balance
• maintain professional standards
• don’t compromise quality for schedule
• don’t assign responsibility where the training is not adequate
• be honest