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Being Informed about Norms and the PMI Code of Ethics

March 12, 2010 by

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Norms and customs don’t just vary from country to country, they can vary across neighborhoods and even across departments within an organization. I was told once by a kid from the town next to mine that she could tell which kids were from my town because they liked to wear socks under their sandals. This […]

Solving Conflicts and the PMI Code of Ethics

March 4, 2010 by

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“Can you believe that guy? Sales is my area—he’s just trying to make me look bad in front of the boss.” Conflicts and disagreements are commonplace in the workplace. It is to everyone’s benefit if they are quickly resolved. The third aspirational Respect standard in the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Code of Ethics and Professional […]

Conflict of Interest and the PMI Code of Ethics

March 1, 2010 by

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Conflict of interest was discussed in the last posting on the second aspirational fairness standard in the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. The first and second mandatory fairness standards in the code of ethics address conflict of interest more directly. A conflict of interest situation occurs when we have competing […]

The Second Aspirational Responsibility Standard in the PMI Code of Ethics

February 17, 2010 by

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“I wish I could, but you need someone better qualified than I for the job.” Sometimes we are asked to do things that we simply are not qualified to do. This could be for many reasons. In my case, sometimes people have misunderstood my background. I am not a clinical psychologist, yet people have asked […]

The First Aspirational Honesty Standard in the PMI Code of Ethics

February 10, 2010 by

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Honesty is one of the four major values of the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. The honesty standards are divided into aspirational and mandatory standards, and there are five aspirational honesty standards. The first standard is “5.2.1 We earnestly seek to understand the truth.” At first blush, this seems like […]