Ethical Dilemmas for Program Leaders and Delivery Professionals

Project professionals are experiencing an increasing number of difficult ethical choices as the pressure to deliver stretch targets and committed results pushes people to challenge their ethical boundaries. What happens when meeting deadlines conflicts with delivering a safe product? How do you handle a senior executive demanding a status change or omissions from a key report to protect their reputation? Or when the pressure to reduce costs comes at the expense of being able to deliver the work?

In this interactive MeetUp, experienced program leader Peter Moutsatsos will delve into the complex world of ethical dilemmas in project management—what is it, why does it occur, what can be done about and how to prepare yourself for it. Through interactive discussions and examples, we will explore causes and strategies to support you as project and delivery professionals navigate this ethical dilemma.

Join us to challenge your thinking, learn from an industry leader, and leave with some extra tools to add to your toolkit to handle ethical challenges in your own projects.

Given the sensitive nature of this topic - this entire event will operate under Chatham House Rule and there will be no recording or hybrid attendance.

Our facilitator:
Peter is an accomplished and well-respected industry leader in portfolio and program management, having led the largest project portfolios in the country and delivered many successful programs across multiple industries. Peter's experience in working with senior leaders has exposed him to many ethical dilemmas that have enabled him to better understand and develop approaches to navigate this very complex and grey area of professional conduct. Peter has a long affiliation with both PMI and AIPM, having held key volunteer roles in both organisations and has won a number of national and global awards, most notably the PMI Global PMO Award in 2018.

Peter's diverse career includes delivering programs across Banking, Telco, IT, Mining, Consulting and Professional Services. Peter may be best known for his role as Chief Project Officer at Telstra, building on the foundations from Alicia Aitken before him. More recently, Peter successfully delivered the integration between Bank of QLD and ME Bank and is currently leading Bank of QLD's Enforceable Undertaking with APRA. Peter holds an MBA and IT degree from Uni of QLD, a PMP since 2004, a Certified Practising Portfolio Executive (CPPE) from AIPM since 2016, and was Australia's first Disciplined Agile Value Stream Consultant in 2020.

These events cannot happen without the support of the community and some partners. Tonight we will welcome back NRI as our venue and refreshment sponsor. NRI Australia is a subsidiary of Nomura Research Institute (NRI), a Japanese think-tank and systems integrator. They are a leading IT business solutions provider in Australia, offering IT Transformation and consulting services across all market sectors. As a Multi-Vendor partner and 25 years of history in Australia, NRI are the partner of choice for a growing list of ASX organisations.