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Chapter 12: Closing the Project and Appl... > Professional Responsibility
As a certified Project Management Professional, you are required to adhere to the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. You can find a copy of this code inside the PMP Handbook.
You should read and understand this code because you will be agreeing to adhere to its terms as part of the certification process. The PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct outlines four areas of responsibility:
- Responsibility
- Respect
- Fairness
- Honesty
Exam Spotlight
Each of these areas is described in the code, along with sections called “Aspirational Standards” and “Mandatory Standards” for each one. We will not cover every standard in this chapter, so I recommend you read them and understand them for the exam.
There is no section on the exam that pertains solely to professional responsibility. Instead, the exam incorporates professional responsibility concepts into other questions throughout the exam. For example, you may find that many of the questions in the Executing process group (and others) pertain to Executing concepts and professional responsibility concepts combined into one question. To make it easier to learn the principles in the professional responsibility area, I’ve broken this topic out into its own section in this chapter with questions based on these concepts.
