Professional Ethics & Standards Flashcards
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A client asks you to configure Jira dashboards to hide negative performance metrics from board members. The ethical response is to:
Answer: Decline and explain that intentionally obscuring performance data from governance stakeholders is misleading
Deliberately hiding performance data from oversight bodies undermines organizational governance and constitutes a form of deception.
Which behavior violates the Atlassian Partner Code of Conduct?
Answer: Making false claims about Atlassian product capabilities to win a contract
Making false claims about Atlassian products violates the Partner Code of Conduct and misrepresents capabilities to clients.
How should an ACP professional handle a situation where two clients in the same industry have overlapping confidential strategies they've shared separately?
Answer: Maintain strict confidentiality for each client and never cross-pollinate proprietary information
Client confidentiality is absolute — proprietary strategies shared in professional engagements must never be disclosed to other clients.
When an ACP professional discovers that a Jira plugin they recommended has a known security vulnerability, they should:
Answer: Immediately notify the client, advise on risk mitigation, and recommend disabling the plugin until patched
Prompt disclosure of known security vulnerabilities and guidance on mitigation is a professional and ethical obligation.
Atlassian's Community Code of Conduct primarily aims to:
Answer: Foster respectful, inclusive, and constructive interactions among all community members
Atlassian's Community Code of Conduct sets expectations for respectful, inclusive behavior across all community platforms.
An ACP professional is working at a client site and overhears executives planning to use Jira data to unlawfully monitor employees. The most ethical course of action is to:
Answer: Refuse to implement monitoring capabilities that appear unlawful and document the refusal
Professionals must refuse to implement configurations that facilitate unlawful activities, regardless of client authority.
Which of the following is consistent with ethical scope management in an Atlassian consulting engagement?
Answer: Documenting all scope changes in writing and obtaining client sign-off before proceeding
Written, client-approved change orders for all scope modifications ensure transparency and prevent billing disputes.