Professional Practice and Ethics Flashcards
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A CM who also holds a professional engineering license is asked to stamp drawings prepared by an unqualified junior employee. This action would violate:
Answer: Both engineering licensure laws and CM ethical standards
Stamping work the licensed professional did not prepare or supervise violates licensure law and professional ethics simultaneously.
When negotiating a CM contract, which practice is ethically permissible under CMAA guidelines?
Answer: Clearly presenting qualifications and fee structure without misrepresentation
Honest representation of qualifications and fees is the ethical foundation of contract negotiations.
The concept of 'professional competence' in CM ethics requires that a CM:
Answer: Only accept projects within their demonstrated area of expertise
A CM must only undertake services for which they possess the requisite skills, knowledge, and resources.
Which action best demonstrates the CM's ethical duty of 'fair dealing' toward contractors?
Answer: Evaluating all bids using consistent, pre-established criteria disclosed in the procurement documents
Fair dealing requires applying uniform, pre-disclosed evaluation criteria to all competitors equally.
An owner instructs the CM to backdate a Notice to Proceed to avoid a contractual liquidated damages claim. The CM should:
Answer: Refuse and explain that backdating documents is fraudulent
Backdating official project documents constitutes fraud and violates both law and professional ethics regardless of who instructs it.
In the context of CM ethics, 'stewardship' of public resources is most relevant when:
Answer: Overseeing a publicly funded infrastructure project with taxpayer money
Public fund stewardship holds CMs to heightened accountability for cost efficiency and transparency on government-funded projects.
A competing CM firm asks for references from your current client. Ethically, the CM should:
Answer: Obtain the client's consent before sharing any client information
Client confidentiality requires obtaining permission before sharing client information with third parties including competing firms.