Professional Ethics & Standards Flashcards
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A team member discovers a colleague has been padding estimates to avoid extra work. What is the ethical response aligned with Agile values?
Answer: Address it privately with the colleague first, then escalate if needed
Agile ethics favor direct, transparent communication—address issues at the source before escalating.
Which principle from the Agile Manifesto most directly supports ethical transparency with stakeholders?
Answer: Business people and developers must work together daily
Daily collaboration between business and technical roles ensures ongoing transparency and shared accountability.
An Agile coach is asked to certify a team's readiness that the coach knows is premature. What should the coach do?
Answer: Provide an honest assessment and suggest a readiness plan
Professional integrity requires honest assessments even when they are unwelcome; coaching includes helping teams improve, not falsely validating them.
What does 'sustainable pace' in Agile ethics primarily protect against?
Answer: Burnout and long-term team degradation
Sustainable pace is an ethical commitment to team wellbeing, ensuring people can maintain quality work indefinitely.
A product owner pressures the team to skip the Definition of Done for a critical release. The ethical action is to:
Answer: Negotiate which DoD items are truly critical and document accepted risks
Ethical Agile practice balances business urgency with transparent risk acknowledgment rather than silently lowering quality.
Which behavior best reflects the Agile value of 'individuals and interactions' from an ethical standpoint?
Answer: Listening actively and respecting each team member's perspective
Valuing individuals means actively listening and respecting diverse perspectives as a daily ethical practice.
When a team member raises a concern about unethical data handling during a retrospective, the team should:
Answer: Treat it as a valid impediment and agree on an action to resolve it
Retrospectives are the appropriate forum to surface any impediment, including ethical concerns, and commit to corrective action.