The document discusses the professional responsibilities of a project manager. It outlines objectives related to integrity and professionalism, understanding the project management code of conduct regarding ethics, legal issues and cultural sensitivity. It also discusses contributing to the field, enhancing competence, balancing stakeholder interests, and interacting professionally with teams and stakeholders.

1. Project manager - Professional
Responsibility

2. Supplement – Professional Responsibility
• Objectives in this process area
– Insuring Integrity and professionalism
– Contributing to the project management knowledge base
– Enhancing individual competence
– Balancing Stakeholders’ interests
– Interacting with team and stakeholders in a professional and cooperative
manner
• Understand Project Management Professional Code of Conduct
– Ethics
– Legal Issues
– Cultural Sensitivity
– Managing conflicts of interest

3. Supplement – Professional Responsibility
• Integrity and Professionalism
– Understand the legal requirements surrounding the
practice of projects
– Know ethical standards that should govern the behavior of
project managers
– Comprehend the values of the community and the various
project stakeholders
– Practice proper judgment in the pursuit of successful
project work
– Compliance with all organizational rules and policies
• Upon a reasonable and clear factual basis report violations
• Responsibility to disclose circumstances that could be construed
as a conflict of interest or appearance of impropriety

4. Supplement – Professional Responsibility
• Integrity and Professionalism
– Provide accurate and truthful representation to the public
– Maintain and satisfy the scope and objectives of
professional services
– Maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information
– Ensure a conflict of interest does not compromise
legitimate interests of client/customer or interfere with
professional judgment
– Refrain from accepting gifts, inappropriate payments,
compensation for personal gain unless in conformity with
applicable laws or customs

5. Supplement – Professional Responsibility
• Contribute to advancing the project management
profession
– Overall understanding of project management principles
– Understand the community and media surrounding
projects
– Knowledge of research strategies available and proper
communication techniques
– Learn to communicate and transfer knowledge effectively
as a coach and mentor and to use available research
strategies
– Respect and recognize intellectual property

6. Supplement – Professional Responsibility
• Enhance Individual Competence
– Understand the project manager’s strengths and
weaknesses and learning style – become aware of
instructional processes and tools
– Know the useful competencies for project managers and
possible training
– Be able to perform self-assessment and competencies
development plan
– Ability to apply lessons learned

7. Supplement – Professional Responsibility
• Balance Stakeholder’s Objectives
– Understand the various competing stakeholders’
interests and needs
– Comprehend the conflict resolution techniques
useful in handling differing objectives
– Be able to resolve conflicts in a fair manner
– Exercise negotiation skills based on proper
information

8. Supplement – Professional Responsibility
• Interact with team and stakeholders in a
professional and cooperative manner
– Understand cultural diversity, norms and
stakeholders’ communication styles
– Show flexibility towards diversity, tolerance and
self control
– Becoming empathetic to differences