All professionals should follow some ethics, not depending of the career or work that they are performing. Now imagine one family doctor without respect to their patients, or a firefighter without responsibility for his job...as you can imagine that's not possible...then same for Project Manager Professionals. Saving Changes...
Stéphane ParentSelf Employed / Semi-retired| Leader MakerPrince Edward Island, Canada
There is a personal and a professional side to ethics.
The personal side is those qualities and values you carry in your life, regardless of the context.
The professional side is usually specific to an organization. For example, Toastmasters' core values are integrity, respect, service and excellence. Similar but different than PMI's.
The more organizations you are affiliated with, the more code of ethics you deal with. There is an obvious level of commonality across them. The problems lie where the codes not only differ but are at odds. Saving Changes...
It seems to me that the code of ethics, specifically the values Responsibility, Respect, Fairness and Honesty ought to be universal. I'm hard pressed to think of a scenario as a project manager (or human being for that matter), where those four values wouldn't govern, or at least guide, your approach and actions.
I think we would all like to believe we hold those values all the time. The gap is when we have a lapse in demonstrating those values. In reality, each of us may need a reminder from time to time, that we are not being perceived as such so we can adjust our approach and understand why we've temporarily strayed from demonstrating those values.
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1 reply by Benjamin Sumi
Jul 20, 2016 3:29 PM
Benjamin Sumi
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I agree Abigail, I can not imagine how anyone could consider themselves "professional" if they did not abide by at least their own personal code of ethics. Ethics to me are like a moral compass, they remind us what is considered acceptable and what is not.
It seems to me that the code of ethics, specifically the values Responsibility, Respect, Fairness and Honesty ought to be universal. I'm hard pressed to think of a scenario as a project manager (or human being for that matter), where those four values wouldn't govern, or at least guide, your approach and actions.
I think we would all like to believe we hold those values all the time. The gap is when we have a lapse in demonstrating those values. In reality, each of us may need a reminder from time to time, that we are not being perceived as such so we can adjust our approach and understand why we've temporarily strayed from demonstrating those values.
I agree Abigail, I can not imagine how anyone could consider themselves "professional" if they did not abide by at least their own personal code of ethics. Ethics to me are like a moral compass, they remind us what is considered acceptable and what is not. Saving Changes...
