Ethics in Program Management

Abstract

The defense acquisition community, as well as society at large, seems to continually experience highly visible ethics scandals. The common approach to instituting ethics taken by both corporations and government organizations is to introduce a set of rules or standards of conduct to prevent or control ethical lapses by employees, but these standards often fail to adequately cover all scenarios. While individuals come to an organization with a set of values developed over time, the most influential factor affecting their ethical behavior after they arrive is the way they are led.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA487469

Entities

People

  • Owen C. Gadeken

Organizations

  • Defense Acquisition University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Procurement
  • Commerce
  • Communities
  • Contractors
  • Contracts
  • Corporations
  • Cost Overruns
  • Governments
  • Military Acquisition
  • Program Management
  • Small Business
  • Standards
  • Systems Management
  • Test And Evaluation

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  • Criminal Law
  • Economics
  • Software Engineering.