Toward a Framework for Construction Ethics Education: A Meta-Framework of Construction Ethics Education Topics

Sands, Kenneth S.; Pearce, Annie R.

doi:10.1061/9780784413517.039

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“…The ethicist should only address or outline the moral question. 21 The ethicist cannot answer the question, one can only answer moral questions for themselves. Additionally, if a faculty member requires consultation to teach ethics in a particular class, for example, an estimating class and bid shopping are the topics of interest.…”

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Building the right way: The need and importance of an ethicist in construction engineering

Johnson

Sands

Fiori

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Engineering Leaders Conference 2014 on Engineering Education

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Historically, the construction industry has been plagued by substantiated unethical business practices that lead to loss in construction quality, economic damage, loss of reputation, and increased risks in public health and safety. These unethical acts draw negative attention to the industry. In order to curtail unethical business practice in the construction industry, it is critical to make ethical education a cornerstone of the construction engineering curriculum. Students within the discipline must have comprehensive ethics education to ensure that they are capable of making informed, responsible decisions on projects when on the job. Ethics education is important to rectify the issues of unethical practices; it is also a key component to academic program accreditation. Accreditation requires departments and programs to have qualified instructors to develop and teach ethics and integrate it into the core curriculum. The authors posit that departments and programs in construction engineering have an ethicist among their faculty. This scholarly paper outlines the role and characteristics of an effective ethicist using existing literature from within and outside the discipline. The authors suggest that qualified instructors should be ethicists who can fulfill these roles: (1) having a foundation in construction ethics philosophy, (2) teacher/consultant, (3) consultant/teacher, (4) versatility as an educator, and (5) stranger characteristics. Ethicists should master these roles to be effective conveyors to disseminate the information to students. As an ethicist, one must possess the ability to not only be a versatile educator, but one must also have 'stranger" characteristics. The authors of this paper seek to facilitate a broader discussion about the need and importance of employing an ethicist in the discipline and also inspiring new and innovative research around the subject matter.

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Building the right way: The need and importance of an ethicist in construction engineering

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Sands

Fiori

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“…According to research, the problem is that this type of instruction is done without an understanding of pedagogical practices that can or should be used to teach ethics. Adding to this, traditional and technically trained educators sometimes consider ethical topics secondary to technical curricula [5], [12].…”

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“…Ethics refers to the code of principles by which a group of people lives. It is the good and bad or right and wrong of behavior that is socially acceptable to a particular group [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6] and the construction industry as a group has been infamous with regard to ethical conduct. Unethical conduct in the construction industry is indiscriminate of global region or stakeholder.…”

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“…Unethical conduct in the construction industry is indiscriminate of global region or stakeholder. The global construction industry has been recognized as the most corrupt of any international business sector [5], [7], [8], [9].…”

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“…Research suggests that there are various issues specifically related to the construction industry's poor ethical performance such as professional issues related to collusion, bid shopping, or claims games. Also, societal issues like sustainability, the environment, and discrimination [5] were also identified, which may not be present in other industries or even other engineering disciplines. The vast number of ethical issues associated with the construction industry incited a mandate for ethics education by accrediting agencies of construction programs, which requires all accredited construction programs to include ethics education as part of their curricula [10], [11].…”

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Toward a Framework for Construction Ethics Education: A Meta-Framework of Construction Ethics Education Topics

Cited by 5 publications

References 15 publications

Building the right way: The need and importance of an ethicist in construction engineering

Building the right way: The need and importance of an ethicist in construction engineering

Ethics in Undergraduate Construction Curricula: A Two-stage Exploratory Sequential Approach to Developing and Piloting the HETC Survey

Simulations in Construction and Engineering Management Education to Explore Professional Challenges

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