Support ethical behavior on the part of change manager

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Consider the Challenger disaster. Prepare a timeline and discuss the specific actions or inactions of Roger Boisjoly regarding the Challenger disaster within the context of (referencing) specific sections of the PMI's Code of Ethics and Professional Responsibility. To what extent did the organizational cultures of both his company and NASA limit his ability to act ethically? What would you have done?

Include in your discussion a statement of whether or not he should have expressed his concerns to the media or directly to higher level NASA officials. How is this complicated by the fact that the seal failure was only a risk and not a certainty?

Finally, draw upon some of the other readings to discuss how upper management should influence the organization's culture to support ethical behavior on the part of the change manager.

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