This notebook summarizes project management concepts and terms in PMP context. This chapter focuses on professional and social responsibility. Contents of this chapter are as follow: * Responsibility * Respect * Fairness * Honesty * Additional Terms * * Culture Shock * * Ethnocentrism * * Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis

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Table of Contents
Chapter 14 – Professional and Social Responsibility ......................................................................................... 4
Responsibility ......................................................................................................................................................... 4
Respect .................................................................................................................................................................. 4
Fairness ................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Honesty................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Additional Terms ................................................................................................................................................... 5

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Responsibility
 It is unethical to provide a project schedule that you do not believe to be accurate.
 Make decisions based on the best interests of the company and the team, as well as society.
 Only accept assignments you are qualified to complete.
 Make sure the sponsor knows of any gaps in your qualifications before accepting the
assignment.
 Acknowledge your own errors.
 If you witness or are aware of unethical behavior, hold the owner accountable first. If he or
she continues, report it o management and to those the behavior affects.
 There should be no violation to the fundamental rights. For example, any discrimination
treatment should be strongly denied.
 PM must bid on only projects for which his or her employer has relevant expertise and skills.
Respect
 Consider that the reputation of each of your team members is in your hands.
 Consider that how well the project goes will reflect on their careers.
Fairness
 Continuously look for conflicts of interest and disclose them.
 Conflict of Interest – a situation in which the concerns or aims of two different parties are
incompatible. It also refers to the situation in which a person is in a position to derive personal
benefit from actions or decisions made in their official capacity. A seller who is a friend or
relative to the project manager is an example. Having lunch with the proposed seller is
another example.
Honesty
 Be truthful.

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Additional Terms
Culture Shock – Initial reaction to foreign environment.
Ethnocentrism – evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the
standards and customs of one's own culture. For example, believing that one’s culture is superior
to others.
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis – the theory that an individual's thoughts and actions are determined by
the language or languages that individual speaks.