4 Central Constructors has a fixed-price contract for the construction of a community college classroom building. The company’s project manager was developing the monthly application for payment to be submitted to the project owner. All of the subcontractors except the mechanical subcontractor had submitted their applications for payment to Central Constructors. Even though the mechanical subcontractor did not submit an application of payment, the project manager planned to include the mechanical work in the application for payment to be submitted to the project owner. The project manager estimated that about 20 percent of the mechanical work was completed during the month. Wanting to help Central Constructor’s cash flow on the project, the project manager decided to indicate that the mechanical subcontractor had completed 35 percent of the mechanical work in the application for payment submitted to the project owner.

 Was the project manager being ethical when he billed for the mechanical scope of work when no request for payment was received from the mechanical subcontractor?

 Was the project manager being ethical when he billed for 35 percent of the mechanical work when he believed that only 20 percent of the mechanical work had been completed?