Research on the Unethical Conducts and Practices among Professionals in the Construction Industry
Zulkifli Ibrahim1, Noraini Hamzah2, Muhamad Azry Khoiry3
1Zulkifli Ibrahim, Department of Civil and Structural Engineering Programme, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia.
2Noraini Hamzah, Smart and Sustainable Township Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia.
3Muhamad Azry Khoiry, Smart and Sustainable Township Research Centre, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia.
Manuscript received on 22 July 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 03 August 2019 | Manuscript Published on 10 August 2019 | PP: 1130-1136 | Volume-8 Issue-2S3 July 2019 | Retrieval Number: B12090782S319/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijrte.B1209.0782S319
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Abstract: Construction industry involved with large number of stakeholders. This industry has a complex contractual structure besides facing with several of psychological human behavior that exposed to the unethical conducts and practices among professionals. Professional ethics warmly has been discussed today within the construction industry. Ethics can be known as a major catalyst for the construction industry to attain status to a successful industry in the worldwide. As a result the aims to be a developed country can be achieved with cooperation from every structural in the construction community. However, without any changes on the unethical conducts and practices among professionals in the construction industry can make it all this becomes useless. Thus, the solid understandings and changes need to be executed, implemented and reinforced to ensure that the problems in the professional ethics can be resolved. This paper discusses and reviews on the unethical conducts and practices among professionals in the different countries such as Malaysia, Pakistan, Australia, Kenya, United Kingdom and China whereby the different behavior will be visible. The most common highlighted for the unethical conducts and practices among professionals in the construction industry were the corruption, negligence, unfair conduct, overriding on audit process over contracting process, favoritism, strict rule, conflict of interest, collusive tendering and violation of environmental ethics. In the previous studies, there were mechanism suggested whereby they are divided into three mechanisms included short, medium and long term solutions based on the project factors which are time, cost and quality. The mechanisms suggested can be catalyst in achieving and enhancing ethical conducts and practices among the professional in the construction industry. This review will provide useful information to every stakeholder in confronting with the unethical conducts and practices among professionals in the construction industry involved.
Keywords: Construction Industry, Ethics, Ethical Issues, Mechanisms, Professional Ethics.
Scope of the Article: Construction Engineering