PJM6210 Communication Skills for Project Managers

Ethics Research

PJM 6210 Communication Skills for Project Managers:

Ethics Research

Overview and Rationale

For this assignment, you will utilize a minimum of two peer reviewed articles in addition to PMI’s Code of Ethics to write an essay demonstrating your understanding of the key roles ethics plays in the process of planning, managing, and controlling communications in a project setting.

Program and Course Outcomes

This assignment is directly linked to the following key learning outcomes from the course syllabus:

· LO10: Evaluate the role ethics plays in the process of planning, managing, and controlling communications in a project setting.

In addition to these key learning outcomes, you will also have the opportunity to evidence the following skills through completing this assignment:

· Critical thinking and analysis

· Technical Competency

Essential Components & Instructions

Utilizing one of the four values from PMI’s Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, write an essay describing why your chosen value is necessary for successful execution of planning, managing, and controlling communications in a project setting (paragraph 1). Also, state the ramifications to the project if the value is absent (paragraph 2). Use an example from your own experience that illustrates, either positively, the necessity of the ethical value, or negatively, and ramifications of its absence (paragraph 3).

This is a short paper, and will be a great exercise in gathering peer reviewed research, reading and understanding the research, and then synthesizing your thoughts in a very clear concise manner. The paper should follow the following format:

Format & Guidelines

Below are some key guidelines you will want to ensure you follow in this assignment. Think of this short list as a quality control checklist, along with the attached grading rubric.

· The document should be no more than 5 pages

· Page 1 = Title Page

· Page 2 = Abstract

· Page 3-4 = Introduction, three evidentiary body paragraphs, and conclusion

· Page 5 = References

· Document should professionally formatted using titles, headers, and bullets where appropriate.

· You must include a title page and cite sources using a reference page according to APA 7th edition guidelines

· Submission is free of grammatical errors and misspellings

· Double spaced, times new roman, 12 point font, 1 inch margins

· Minimum 2 peer-reviewed sources outside course texts

· Direct quotes should account for no more that 15 percent of paper (use direct quotes sparingly)

Please be sure to review the attached rubric. It along with these assignment instructions will ensure you have a solid understanding of the assignment requirements.