Ahmed NassarSystem Project Manager| Valeo North AmericaMichigan, United States
Dear All,
As per the PMI code of ethics, do you think this action is ethical/correct or not?
The government provides financial fund for specific types of projects/companies.
One company started a project intentionally to get that fund. Then they will use it to cover other irrelevant projects in the company.
Legally, I think nothing prohibits that (they already have a project that matches the funding criteria).
But ethically? they started it just to get the money.
Does this seem OK or not ethical? Saving Changes...
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Ahmed NassarSystem Project Manager| Valeo North AmericaMichigan, United States
As per my thoughts, may be these 2 factors help to judge:
- Whether the company plans to continue that "fake" project or not.
- Whether the government mandates the fund is consumed in this project or not. Saving Changes...
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
I agree totally with Vincent. Saving Changes...
Dominic LawProduct Manager| PCCW GlobalHappy Valley, Hong Kong
It seems there is a grey area about the criteria of the government funding, which in theory it should be better to be very clear about the objective of the funding and how the money be used. For your case, it looks like the project company is proposing a $10M bridge, got $10M funding, but build a $5M bridge and use the $5M somewhere else. So the question is whether there is any control of the funding? If the project company still lie that the bridge cost $10M, then it is surely unethical. Saving Changes...
Ahmed NassarSystem Project Manager| Valeo North AmericaMichigan, United States
Thank you very much all for your answers. I actually agree with all of you that it doesn't look ethical. I was trying to figure out why it seems like that, in a reasonable way.
I think it is like Dominic said, that there should be a clear agreement about how this money should be consumed, so that it is clear enough for both sides.
If one side lies, it is no doubt to be unethical then.
Thank you Vincent for clarifying to me that the code of ethics is for individuals not companies. Saving Changes...
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