The document discusses professional responsibility in project management. It states that professional responsibility includes understanding how culture impacts projects, communications, and negotiations. Culture also affects legal and ethical decision making. The document outlines that project managers must follow all applicable laws and ethics standards, as well as their organization's policies. Integrity, honesty, and avoiding conflicts of interest are important aspects of professional responsibility. Project managers are responsible for truthfully representing information and cooperating with investigations regarding violations.

1. By Subrahmanaya S M TATA and
Chandra Sekhar

2. Be a Leader
Deal with issues in a direct
manner
Act legally
Act ethically
Be open and up front

3.  Understand where the Professional
Responsibility performance domain fits
within the Project Management .
 Understand what culture is and how it
impacts projects.
 Understand how culture affects
communications and negotiations.
 Understand the authority level of delegation.
 Draw the level of delegation /matrix.
 Define the scope of Front line staffs.

4.  “Culture is what people have, think, and do
as members of their society.”
 “Thus, culture is made up of :
 (1) material objects,
 (2) ideas, values, and attitudes,
 (3) normative, or expected patterns of
behavior.”

5.  It affects how we communicate.
 It affects how we negotiate and interact
with others.
 It provides a context for legal and ethical
decision making.
 It affects how we define and manage our
projects

6. Legal
Requirements
Ethical
Standards
Community
and
Stakeholder
Values

7.  Follow the laws and customs of the state,
municipality, or country where you are
working.
 Questions of bribery, discrimination, and
illegal activity are among the favorites.
For instance, if you are asked to make a payment to a city
council in another country in order to get a work permit,
evaluate whether or not the payment is a bribe. If it is a
bribe, do not make the payment. If it is not a bribe, and it
is customary, or even the law, then make the payment.
 If it is illegal or unethical in any way, then do
not do it

8.  Your organization's policies must be followed.
 If you have an interest that conflicts with a
policy, the policy is to be considered first.
 Integrity may be defined as sticking to high
moral principles.
 Do what you said you would do, deal with
problems openly and honestly, and do not put
personal gain ahead of the project.
 Testing your knowledge of how a Project
Management Professional acts as a professional
in the workplace

9.  Truthful representation of information
 Give all information accurately and honestly.
 Responsibility to report violations This is the
process for reporting code violations.
 Responsibility to cooperate with PMI concerning
violations investigations
 Provide support to encourage maintaining
credibility for the profession.
 Responsibility to disclose conflicts of interest to
stakeholders and other individuals if they occur.
 Be up front and honest. Don’t surprise anyone
with perceived conflicts of interest.

10.  Gifts from Vendors - Not recommended.
 Ask what your company’s policy on gifts is.
Most companies have a monetary limit that is
considered acceptable. Use this as a
guideline.
 Also, do not offer gifts that are
inappropriat.e