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Vol.12(11) (2021)

  • Ethical Issues among Professionals in the Private Construction Sector: A Contractor's Perspective

    Zulkifli Ibrahim (Civil Engineering Programme, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA),
    Noraini Hamzah, Muhamad Azry Khoiry(Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering & Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, MALAYSIA).

    Disciplinary: Construction Management (Ethics, Organizational Behavior).

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    doi: 10.14456/ITJEMAST.2021.219

    Keywords: Construction project management; Construction ethics; Preventive measure; Professional ethics; Project management ethics; Corruption in construction industry; Collusive tendering; Confidentiality and propriety breach; Unfair conduct.

    Abstract
    The construction sector plays a vital role in ensuring that a country can compete healthily with each other in order to achieve a developed country in the future. Addressing the ethical issues among professionals is essential in ensuring successful project completion besides meeting quality requirements, completing on time, and being carried out within the budget. Questionnaire data from 203 respondents involving the contractor's professional from the Malaysian private construction sector was collected. The finding of this study indicated that the ethical issues among professionals focusing on the contractor perspective for the private sector have a direct and negative impact on the construction project. The study's outcomes confirmed the significance of corruption, negligence, unfair conduct, favoritism, and fraud were the most critical unethical among the professional that needs to be paid attention to and optimized. This study will provide helpful information to all stakeholders in dealing with ethical issues, especially among professionals involved in each construction phase. The preventive measure must be taken and considered accordingly in resolving these ethical issues in ensuring success in the construction project management and determining the success of project completion within the cost, quality, and time expected.

    Paper ID: 12A11I

    Cite this article:

    Ibrahim, Z., Hamzah, N., and Khoiry, M. A. (2021). Ethical Issues among Professionals in the Private Construction Sector: A Contractor's Perspective. International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies, 12(11), 12A11I, 1-11. http://doi.org/10.14456/ITJEMAST.2021.219



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