3 experts have described difficult decisions they had to take in one project.
Now think about what was important for them in taking the decision the took. Would they act differently in a different context? Why?
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They couldn’t have acted differently, when a contract is awarded to you and along the line you are asked to wait or quit, the best thing is to comply no matter how painful it is and effort you have put in already because you are not going to pay yourself at the end of the day. Then in the area where you need to go extra mile or out of your way in other to deliver a project, you don’t need to act otherwise either because you have to put your client’s interest first, that’s where your moral principle as a project manager comes into play
I agree that client interest comes first, but ethics also requires balance. A PM must be responsible to the team and honest about constraints. Compliance is important, but it should follow due process and contracts. Going extra miles shows commitment, but it shouldn’t lead to exploitation. So the moral principle is: serve the client, but do it with fairness and integrity for all stakeholders.