Ethics in the construction industry: the prospects for a single professional code

Mason, Jim

doi:10.1108/17561450911001252

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“…Therefore, in the early stage to design, construction and delivery stage of the project, numerous factors that rely on the levels of values as well as moral terms like team ethics, personal ethics, and global responsibility should be considered. This is because all pertinent principles, which are indirectly and directly altered by the project and its background, will result to obtain advantages from the whole value supervision of the projects (Mason, 2009). …”

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A Study of Unethical Practices in the Construction Industry and Potential Preventive Measures

Shah

Alotaibi

2018

J. Adv. Coll. Engin. Mgt.

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The conflict of interest amongst the professionals like client and contractor project managers, site engineers, quantity surveyors and designers/architects play crucial roles for the unethical practices and consequently these practices have adverse impact on the product quality, faith of clients and investors' confidence in the construction industry. Hence, this research is aimed at examining the common forms of unethical practices among professionals in the construction industry as well as uncovering the factors that have encouraged these practices. This study depends on the questionnaire survey amongst professionals of the construction industry. The survey is conducted to recognise the view of key stakeholders from different perspectives of the affected parties on the concept of business ethics in the building and construction industry, which has key contribution on the national economic growth of the developing countries. The survey concludes that untimely legal action including changing project manager'sresponsibility and delays in payment processes are key ethical practices from owner/client aspect, while contractor's unethical practices are under bidding, bid cutting and shopping, bid rigging and over billing. But from the consultant aspect; lack of supervision, poor monitoring and taking bribes under different pretend are found to be the encouraging factors for unethical conducts in the construction industry. It is also found thataccepting the bribes, gifts and conflicts of interest are the most common forms of unethical practices. The findings from the study are expected to help as an important eye opener to policy makers and regulatory agencies in detecting and preventing unethical practices. In conclusion, avoiding the conflict of interest and promoting the ethic codes to professionals will help to restore the investor and people confidence, faith of the clients and improve the quality of buildings and infrastructures. The study recommends that promoting awareness regarding the values of ethical behaviour at different forum and ensuring the effective punishment for unethical activities at different stages of project life cycle might reduce the unethical practices in the construction industry.

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“…In a development foundation, moral behaviour might be measured by the level of uprightness and reliability with which people and organisations do their business (Mason, 2009). In this regard, the next section discusses the unethical behaviours and practices happening in the construction industry.…”

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A Study of Unethical Practices in the Construction Industry and Potential Preventive Measures

Shah

Alotaibi

2018

J. Adv. Coll. Engin. Mgt.

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“…The stumbling block preventing these initiatives from taking a firm hold has been the intransigence of the key players in the construction industry and an all too common reference to human nature being against anything resembling a cultural shift away from the distrustful approach adopted by many. The mere term "business ethics" has been deemed an oxymoron (Mason, 2009).…”

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Intelligent Contracts and the Construction Industry

Mason

2017

J. Leg. Aff. Dispute Resolut. Eng. Constr.

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“…They posited that ethical issues had to be addressed by proper implementation and policing of ethical guidelines. Mason (2009) argued that a single industrywide code could have a contribution for improving the ethical standards of conduct within the industry. He used The Society of Construction Law's Statement of Ethical Principles in the UK as a model.…”

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“…Some researchers such as Vee and Skitmore (2003), Ho (2010), Ho (2011), Mason (2009, Oladinrin and Ho (2016), Bowen et al (2007b) conducted detailed analysis for the construction sector. Mukumbwa and Muya (2013) concluded in their research that unethical practices were prevalent in all phases of construction projects in Zambia.…”

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Analysis of international construction companies in the context of corporate codes of ethics: Example of Turkey

Erbaş¹

2018

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

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Determination of corporate codes of ethics is crucial for construction companies, but they usually fail to define their codes. This study aims to evaluate the relationship between the guidance degree of ethical codes and being an international construction company in Turkey as a developing country. For this purpose in the scope of the study Turkish construction companies in "the Top 250 International Contractors in 2016" list of ENR (Engineering News Record) were analyzed in terms of guidance degree of corporate codes of ethics. The existence of the companies` ethical codes has been explored and the codes were evaluated in terms of their guidance degree. The study showed that there was not a relationship between the guidance degree of codes of ethics and being an international construction company. It is also found out that ethical codes were prepared to protect the interests of the company rather than to direct the employees to ethical behavior. Results of this study are expected to constitute a basis for the development of new ethical codes and to help the improvement of the existing codes. In order to be successful in ethical practices, ethical statements should be defined clearly and the ethical codes should be developed to direct employees to ethical behavior.

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Ethics in the construction industry: the prospects for a single professional code

Cited by 32 publications

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A Study of Unethical Practices in the Construction Industry and Potential Preventive Measures

A Study of Unethical Practices in the Construction Industry and Potential Preventive Measures

Intelligent Contracts and the Construction Industry

Analysis of international construction companies in the context of corporate codes of ethics: Example of Turkey

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