As we talked about before in this module, it’s important for project managers to work ethically. This means doing the right thing, not just following rules. There are written rules and laws, but there are also moral rules and values.
What are these moral rules and values? Let’s break it down with some explanations and examples.
Moral rules are like a list of dos and don’ts for how a person should behave. For instance, one moral rule is “don’t steal.”
Values are strong beliefs that guide how we act in different situations. They show what we think is good behavior. Values can be personal, but they can also be shared in groups like companies. When a bunch of people in the same group share these values, they shape how everyone acts in that group.
In companies, these shared values are super important. They make up the core of what the company’s culture is all about. These values are a small set of important beliefs that don’t change much, and they really influence how people act at work.
For example, The Open University (2019) has some values they believe in:
In our work, we stick to The Open University values of being inclusive, innovative, and responsive.
The value of being inclusive and innovative is a big part of what people do at The Open University. They use this value to make sure everyone can access knowledge through new and creative solutions.
Values and moral rules help everyone know how to behave in a group or at work. It’s good to think about them to understand how they affect the decisions we make when working on projects.
Think about the values your workplace or a group you’re in follows. Can you name some of these values? How do these values affect how you work on projects? Share your thoughts with other learners in the discussion below.
OLUWADARE ADESHINA
TEAM 10
COHORT 13
*SCOPE OF ETHICS IN PROJECTS.
In every Project, there are organizational Values that should be in line with a tailored mapping of what the aims, objectives and goals should be .
Scopes are synonymous to different project styles.
When I was a part time lecturer at a College of Education, the following Organizational values was what the Mandate was all about these values influenced my work. They are;
*VALUES OF INCLUSIVENESS: (Every Undergraduate is as important as the other Undergraduate irrespective of their different Social Strata).
*INNOVATION: Asides from the theoretical knowledge taught in class , out of the box learning that pits them with real life complex practical situations should be exposed to them to see how they tackle trivial practical situations. In this situation, three aspects was what I developed in my Undergraduate Students, they are;
1. Ability to Recall
2. Comprehend, that is understand
3. Higher Order thinking which brings out the theoretical capacity in them to tackle academic upheavals.
*RESPONSIVENESS: That is the ability to give feedback on Tasks and assignments, projects.
*CHARACTER BUILDING: This is asides developing Great minds with Strong Academic And practical methodologies and capacities of varying degrees, it is important that we don’t leave this aspect of character building to the parents or the church or the society. So imbibe Great Etiquette in them to be refined individuals.
*LEARNING: Their major and most important priority in School is to acquire Learning. But in order to have a balanced and we’ll rounded individual, sporting events and departmental functions are scheduled by the school to make the students unwind .
Remember, the saying. All work and no play makes Jack a dull Boy.
The Core Values includes:
Customer Satisfaction
Integrity
Security
Simplicity
Speed.
The Core values above are very essential to guide the day to day running of the organization.
Our core value at my workplace are as follows;
1. Customer focus
2. Integrity
3. Teamwork
4. Excellence
Our customer focus value explains the need to understand our customer’s business, developing the creativity in meeting their demands giving them a wow customer experience. Integrity speaks our commitment, reliability and dependability geared towards winning customer’s implicit trust. Teamwork is another vital part of our core values as it helps to develop “the success of one is a success to all” mentality. Excellence in how committed in our engagement with both internal and external customers.
Ebenezer Majolagbe
Knowing the values of any organization you work is important as a project manager.
In my place of work place high value with keeping to time so that we can deliver work at the agreed time frame. Also creativity and flexibility.
Integrity, focus, trust and openness are our values and it has helped to pattern our daily working style.
The values of the organization I work with are: integrity; innovation; quality customer service; high quality standard.
All these values shape how the staff deal with each other and also how to best attend to customers for a repeat future business and referrals are guaranteed.
The values at my work place are
1. Innovation
2. Partnership
3. Accountability
4. Creativity
5. Honesty
6. Collaboration
I work jn a Travel Agency ,so the values are:
1. Confidentiality
2. Reliability
3. Honesty
4. Creativity
The core values at my organization includes Confidentiality, cleaningness, compassion, competence.
How does these values affect my work, as the facility manager, I am meant to be at the fore-front of modeling these values to other staff, it’s quite easy to adhere to and follow because lack of abiding is detrimental to me as an individual and the organization as a whole.
In terms of cleaningness, my duty is to ensure it is adhered to, failure will bring about outbreak of infection, failure to be compassionate will bring about low patronage and more damage to patients mental health considering their physical health is in jeopardy, confidentiality speaks for itself. Competence is what Carries everyone on the job.
The core values at my workplace are accountability, integrity, and perseverance.
I will speak only on accountability; as a staff we are responsible for each other, if a staff is lagging or getting things mixed up it’s a collective duty of every staff to help that particular staff up to speed with workload and help in solving whatever challenges he/she is facing. Because if that one person fails in his/her duty, we all fail. That has helped us work as a team and smash every assignment given to us.
Leadership, Innovation and Integrity are a set of core values that play crucial roles towards the sustainability of a project and ultimate advancement of an organization.
In my firm, my values is what distinguishes me from others because making sure that I maintain standard, my conduct and that of my teams are well packaged…… And as well the moral principle of the project team..