The document discusses ethical conflicts that can arise in construction management and project management. It covers understanding the role of ethics, designing work breakdown structures and monitoring systems ethically, and managing quality control and risk from an ethics perspective. Ethical considerations include who determines the project goals and end, different project owners and managers potentially affecting the ethics framework, and avoiding conflicts in designing construction management systems. Risk management must account for project-specific variables and cultural effects.

1. A Scope Discussion onConstruction and Management of Projects and Ethical ConflictsDr. James J. Yarmus, F.NSPE, F.ASCEPresident, NYSSPE, 2009-20101Project Management, Design, Construction Management and Ethics for Professionals

2. 2Learning Objectives:Understanding Role of Ethics in Construction ManagementEthics in Construction Management and Project ManagementUnderstanding the S.M.A.R.T. and parameters of CMDesigning a Work Breakdown Structure EthicallyDesigning Monitoring Systems for Design, CM, EthicsScope of Quality Control as seen from an Ethics PerspectiveOverview of Risk Management through ethics measuresFuture Steps for Ethics in Construction Management

3. Ethical Conflicts in Design3Identifying and Incorporating constraints

4. Defining Resources

5. Construction Management often ends when the project construction is complete. Project Management defines derived success dimensions for the firm. Who determines end?

6. Goals include improving quality, reducing costs and reducing time requirements to completion (triple constraint). Can ethics be a problem?Differentiating CM and PM4Project Management is the science of directing & coordinating human and material resources through the life of a project using techniques that achieve the objectives of scope, cost, time, quality & participation.

7. Construction Management techniques include the design of methods for achieving a comprehensive process of planning, directing, and monitoring of construction activities from inception to completion in order to meet the quality and safety goals of a project.Ethics in the Design of CM5Heavy Construction tends to be unit price based

8. Gen. Construction tends to be lump sum based

9. Meeting the Owner’s needs is a basic premise

10. Designs must be SpecificMeasurableAchievable Realistic Time Bound

11. Additional categories in CM designs6CM design is dynamic and adaptive all the time

12. Standardizing provides ease in measuring

13. Non-standard portions prone to ethical conflicts

14. Planning and scheduling identify ethics issues

15. Identifying activities, levels of detail, predecessor and successor activities, milestones and gateways to completion of each of the groupings, use a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). Designing a Work Breakdown Structure Ethically7Assists in identifying levels of resources needed

16. Ethics guides the range of potential risks and actions

17. Defines the extent of mandated contingencies