Professional Ethics & Standards Flashcards
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A senior developer regularly interrupts junior team members during sprint ceremonies. The ethical course of action is to:
Answer: Address the behavior in a private conversation and set team agreements
Inclusive participation is an ethical requirement; disrupting it should be addressed through direct, respectful conversation and team agreements.
Which scenario represents an ethical application of 'commitment' as a Scrum value?
Answer: Committing to clear goals and working transparently toward them
Ethical commitment means dedicating genuine effort to achievable goals with full transparency, not overpromising.
When writing user stories, what ethical consideration ensures the product serves all users fairly?
Answer: Including diverse user personas and accessibility requirements
Inclusive user stories that represent diverse populations are an ethical practice that prevents systemic exclusion.
An Agile team learns that a feature they shipped causes harm to a vulnerable user group. The ethical priority is to:
Answer: Immediately notify stakeholders and prioritize a fix
User harm is an emergency that overrides normal sprint priorities—Agile ethics demands immediate transparency and remediation.
What is the role of a team working agreement in supporting professional ethics?
Answer: It establishes shared behavioral standards that the team holds itself accountable to
Working agreements codify ethical behavioral norms—how the team commits to treating each other and doing work.
How does the Agile principle of 'simplicity—the art of maximizing the work not done' connect to professional ethics?
Answer: It promotes building only what delivers genuine user value, avoiding waste
Simplicity is ethically grounded in respecting users' needs and avoiding wasting resources on features that don't deliver real value.
An Agile practitioner is coaching multiple competing client organizations in the same industry. The primary ethical concern is:
Answer: Confidentiality and potential conflict of interest from accessing competing strategies
Coaching competing organizations creates confidentiality risks and conflicts of interest that must be disclosed and managed proactively.