Discuss ethical and professional and legal issues – Project Management
Using Mcdonalds method analyse the case study.
and give appropriate recommendations, also use ACS code of ethics.
Answer all the questions mentioned in Mcdonalds method clearly.
Case Study 2 -Conflict of Interest
Michael is the IT manager in a government department with more than 500 staff members and six branches across Australia. His department has decided to acquire an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. A request for proposal (RFP) for the procurement of the software has been advertised in a number of Australian newspapers. Two local companies have responded to the advertisement and have sent their offers to the department.
When Michael has examined the offers, he has found that Company A’s offer is slightly better than that of Company B. To his surprise, Company B’s offer has been made by Steven, who is his best friend, and the general manager of Company B.
Although the initial cost of Company B’s software appears less than that of Company A, Company B’ software may require some modifications which could eventually increase the total cost.
To complicate matters, Michael has received a phone call from Steven, urging him to favour his offer as he needs this work.
Discuss briefly how Michael’s friendship with Steven causes an ethical problem. Follow your brief discussion with a recommendation on this issue. Be sure to support this recommendation with reasons informed by your research and thinking on the ethical issues identified in your discussion.
Assignment Task
Discuss ethical, professional and legal issues which you consider arise from this scenario. Make some recommendations of actions which could be taken to resolve the situation and/or to minimize the chance the scenario may recur. Support your answers with relevant references (as well as the Codes and Laws).
Things to Consider in Assignment:
List at least 3 clauses from the ACS Code of Ethics and up to 5 clauses from the ACS Code of Professional Conduct, you think are specifically relevant in deciding how to resolve the situation. Make sure that you refer to the most up to date ACS Codes which are available on the ACS website www.acs.org.au
Also list any relevant Australian legislationthat you think applies to this scenario.
-Solving an Ethical Dilemma. Assignment should be 400 – 500 words in length(excluding your code lists, legislation list and references).
Undertake a small amount of research, however, most information you will need is available via the seminars and their references. Also, use a cover page as per the suggested template.
Use in-text referencing, use complete Harvard Notation, submit in “Word” format or equivalent format that can be readily opened in MS Word, keep your formatting simple: Arial 11pt, 10pt after paragraph, single line spacing, headings in bold, maximum 2 indent levels/bullet levels. Do not use page borders, word art, page backgrounds or similar extraneous decoration .
