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You are the project manager for a new construction project in your city. Your longtime personal friend is bidding on the project. Your friend has?

asked you to give them an indication of the budget for this project so that they do not overbid and lose the deal. What is the most appropriate response?

A. Tell your friend you'll give them the information if they'll promise not to tell anyone and if they'll agree to help you with some materials on your basement-refinishing project.

B. Give the information to your friend. You know their character and can trust that they won't tell anyone.

C. Tell your friend that after all this time, they should know you better than to think you'd put your personal integrity on the line or compromise your job because of a conflict of interest. Decline to give them the information.

D. Give the information to your friend and inform the project sponsor so that the information can be shared with the other bidders as well.

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Question added by Muhammad Farooq , QA-QC MANAGER , AL Bawani contracting co.
Date Posted: 2017/04/07
Eyad Said
by Eyad Said , Assistant Professor at Math and CS Department , Beloit College

C. Tell your friend that after all this time, they should know you better than to think you'd put your personal integrity on the line or compromise your job because of a conflict of interest. Decline to give them the information.

Chethan Jayaram
by Chethan Jayaram , Accenture

While the question is directed to integrity and your loyalty to the company. The question ideally should be how capable is the friend and his company to finish this project as expected.

hisham abu dagga
by hisham abu dagga , Project Manager / مدير مشاريع , مؤسسة عبدالكريم العواض للمقاولات

 

Thank you for the invitation

Thanks for the information 

 

I Agree Option C

Abdul Rehman
by Abdul Rehman , Electrical Engineer , Tamdeed Projects

Thanks for the invitation. My answer is C

يوسف دمدوم
by يوسف دمدوم , مهندس و مسير , مقاولة اشغال البناء

Thank you for the invitation

Iagree the option C

Deleted user
by Deleted user

my friend will have nothing. no advantages, no information, nothing at all. he is buying you and will sell you at the first corner. stick to your company policy and you will build your own house later.

Nabeel Al-Alfei
by Nabeel Al-Alfei , Partners engagment , Integrated Telecom Co.

You can not tell a friend such info, because you have ethical commitment to your company to insure information confidentiality , this issue should be stopped by you only, and I do not think informing others about it since he still your friend.

Mohammad Kabir Hossain Mohammad Kabir Hossain
by Mohammad Kabir Hossain Mohammad Kabir Hossain , Quality Control Executive , The IBN SINA Pharmaceutical Industry Ltd

A. Tell your friend you'll give them the information if they'll promise not to tell anyone and if they'll agree to help you with some materials on your basement-refinishing project.

Zaferullah Sharief, PMP®
by Zaferullah Sharief, PMP® , Project Manager , Huawei Technologies

Option C is the best choice.

MICHAIL KOSTOUROS  PMP PMI-RMP
by MICHAIL KOSTOUROS PMP PMI-RMP , Project Manager , SEEC S.A.

The right answer which is a code ethic of PMI is C. refuse to give an indication of the budget