Each of the following seven mini-case scenarios involves ethical dilemmas associated with project management. How would you respond to each situation, and why? (Only required to do Seaburst Construction Project and Cape Town Bio-Tech)
blow up once he II What should you say if he asks about whether the he t. So far the project i progressing ahcad of schedule and below budget. You attribute thi working relationship you have with the carpenters, plumbers operators who work for your organization. More than give 110 percent, and they have responded. electricians, and machine once you have asked the decide to drive by the site and show it to your One Sunday afternoon you nt out various parts of the project to your son, you discover thate of valuable equipment are missin on Monday you are about to discuss this matter with a supervisor when wo that all the missing equipment is The Project Status Report Meeting You are driving to a project status report meeting with your client. You e g from the storage shed. When back in the shed. What should you do? Why? References significant technical problem on the project that has put your project behind time is the number one priority for the proje This is not good news because You are confident that your team can solve the problem if they are free to vided atention to it and that with hard work you can get back on schedule. You al believe if you tell the client abour the problem, she will demand a meeting with your tean o discuss the implications of the problem. You can also expect her to send some of her perscenel to oversee the solution to the problem. These interruptions will likely furhe delay the project. What should you tell your client about the current status of the project give their und- Gold Star LAN project You work for a large consulting firm and were assigned to the Gold Star LAN projoc Work on the project is nearly completed and your clients at Gold Star appear to be pleasol with your performance. During the course of the project, changes in the original scope had to be made to accommodate specific needs of managers at Gold S these changes were documented as well as overhead and submitted to the centralized accounting department. They processed the information and submitted a change onder for your signature. You are surprised to see the bill is 10 percent higher than what you submited. You contact Jim Messina in the accounting office and ask if a mistake has be made. He curtly replies that no mistake was made and that management adjusted the t ar. The costs d has be that you sign the document. You talk to another project manager sno this and she tells you off the record that overcharging clients on c practice in your firm. Would you sign the document? Why? Why not? Cape Town Bio-Tech You are responsible for installing the new Double E production collected estimates and used the WBS to generate a project schedule. You dence in the schedule and the work your team has done. You report to top that you believe that the project will take 110 days and be complete news is greted positively. In fact, the project sponsor confides that dither to be shipped until April 1. You leave the meeting wondering share this information with the project team or not. orders is conn leted by t
