Kliem, PMP Ethics and Project Management

1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4398-5262-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 244 Seiten

Ethics plays a critical role in project management, but all too often, its importance is overlooked. This benign neglect can result in serious consequences to individuals and organizations, ranging from tarnished reputations to civil and criminal liability. Ethics and Project Management demonstrates the importance of making ethics a key consideration in managing projects and describes the impacts that occur when ethical transgressions arise.

Providing the tools necessary for project managers to avoid an ethical lapse that can put themselves and their organization at risk, this volume:

- Defines ethics and places it within the project management context

- Discusses the contents of the Project Management Institute’s code of ethics

- Enables project managers to recognize the trends that precipitate ethical dilemmas on a project

- Demonstrates how ethical concerns permeate the entire project life cycle

- Provides tips on establishing a governance protocol to ensure ethical compliance

- Explores legal issues that arise from unethical behavior

- Examines how ethical concerns on a project can have global implications, and how to operate in international settings with cultural differences

Each chapter ends with a Getting Started Checklist, facilitating immediate application of the concepts discussed and making it easy for project managers to determine whether they are in compliance with ethical standards. Providing a solid roadmap for the ethical health of a project, this volume is essential reading for all those concerned with avoiding the disastrous consequences of a cavalier approach to ethics.
Praise for the book:

. a great desktop reference for any project manager. It is a must-have title to complete any project management library and I recommend it to both new and highly experienced project managers.
—Gregg D. Richie, PMP, MCTS, CNP, Managing Principal, P8, LLC

Zielgruppe

Project managers in information technology, engineering, biotech, and other industries; managers and supervisors responsible for overseeing projects; auditors; and ethics advisors.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kliem, PMP, Ralph L.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Projektmanagement
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Ethics and Project Management
What Is Ethics?
Misperceptions about Ethics
Key Factors
Common Terminology
Theoretical Underpinnings
Why Ethics Should Matter to Project Managers
Unique Circumstances
Hard and Soft Ethical Issues
Consequences of Ethical Failure
Cloudy Perspective
The Ethical Dilemma
Two Key Considerations
Sensitivity of Issue
Intensity of Response
Project Management Code of Ethics
Benefits
Downsides
Categories of Principles
The Ethical Trends and Challenges Confronting Project Managers
Global Trends
Adapting to Global Trends
Straying from the High Road
How Ethics Permeates the Entire Project Life Cycle
Contextual Factors
Five Major Project Management Processes
Categories of Ethical Dilemmas
Ethics and Project Management Processes
Planning and Ethics
Executing and Ethics
Monitoring and Controlling and Ethics
Closing and Ethics
General Ethical Dilemmas
Ethics and Project Governance
What Is Governance?
What Are Controls?
What Is Risk?
Effective Risk Management
Ethics and the Law
The Relationship between Law and Ethics
Key Legal Terms
Key Legal Principles and Concepts
Numerous Laws and Regulations
Ethics, Globalization, and Project Management
Important Factors
Key Dimensions
Independence, Integration, and Interdependence
Challenges
Breeding Ground and Consequences
Key Actions
Making Ethics a Reality
Why Ethics Takes a Back seat
Making Ethics on Projects a Reality
The Mark of an Ethical Project Manager
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ralph L. Kliem has more than 25 years of experience with Fortune 500 firms in the financial and aerospace industries. His wide, varied experience in project and program management includes managing compliance and information technology projects and programs.

He is the author of more than 15 books that have been translated in several languages. He has also published more than 200 articles in leading business and information systems publications.

Mr. Kliem is an adjunct faculty member of City University in Seattle and a former member of the Seattle Pacific University faculty. He is an instructor with Bellevue College and Cascadia Community College and a frequent presenter to the Puget Sound chapter of the Project Management Institute and other professional organizations. He also teaches Project Management Professional (PMP) certification and other project management seminars and workshops in the United States and Canada.