Ethical Issues In Construction Essay

Project manager is always facing with issues that are not easily resolved by theory or the knowledge acquired from formal training especially in construction industry. Ethical issues are usually not of a technical nature and more often tend to be human resource issues. The satisfactory answer is often debatable and may suit one set of circumstances and yet not another. It is these difficult issues where the Project Management must draw from their practical experiences, moral and ethical obligations, and sometimes the rule of law. According to Ehsan, Anwar & Talha (2009), ethics is a subject that is not taught in schools, colleges, universities in spite of the importance of this subject for the profession. Therefore that, ethics cannot be …show more content…
It outlines over 47 scenarios involve in these unethical practices. According Mishra & Mittal (2011), ethical practices will sustain project success by making moral considerations “logically relevant to the organizational decision making” by which it is relation between consumers’ awareness and decision making. These moral issues will guarantee the sustainability of consumers in projects.

There are several areas which leads to ethics practices in the construction industry. Areas of particular concern in the construction industry are joint venture arrangements, facilitation payments, sub-contracting, procurement agents, contract administration, unjustified calls on bank guarantees and bonds, project financing and witness evidence (Construction Law Journal, 2013). Area in joint venture arrangements is usually involving larger projects that are often acquired pursuant to joint venture or alliance arrangements. Difficulty may face in these arrangements, therefore an appropriate processes and procedures should be implemented by one partner and not the other meanwhile for joint venture partners may effectively mutually and liable for all the fellow partners. A quote from Karl Kraus (1872-1936) said …show more content…
According to Pearl, Bowen, Makanjee, Akintoye and Evans (2005), a researcher in South Africa, he identified several ethical dilemmas in the construction field such as corruption, bribery, negligence, conflict of interest, bid cutting , under bidding, collusive tendering, cover pricing, frontloading, bid shopping, withdrawal of tender, and payment game. These ethical dilemmas show that unethical practices have been widespread in other foreign countries as well and become a major concern. Thus, the problem should not be overlooked as it will become worst if there is no action taken to encounter