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Abdul-Lateef, O A (2010) Quantitative analysis of criteria in university building maintenance in Malaysia. Construction Economics and Building, 10(03), 51-61.

Ameh, J and Odusami, K (2010) Nigerian building professionals’ ethical ideology and perceived ethical judgement. Construction Economics and Building, 10(03), 1-13.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Professional; building industry; ethical ideology; ethical judgement; Nigeria
  • ISBN/ISSN: 1837-9133
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.5130/AJCEB.v10i3.1602
  • Abstract:
    In recent years, Nigeria is often cited in the international media in connection with corruption and other unethical practices. The professionals in the Nigerian building industry are not immune from the national trend in ethical erosion. Moral philosophy or ethical ideology has been used to explain individuals’ reasoning about moral issues and consequent behaviour. This study examines building industry professionals’ ethical ideologies with a view to understanding their ethical behaviour in professional practice.  In carrying out this investigation, building professionals in clients’ organisations, contracting and consultancy organisations within the industry were asked to respond to the Ethics Position Questionnaire (EPQ) designed by Forsyth in order to determine their idealism and relativism level. Subsequently, they were classified into one of four groups, representing different ethical ideologies. The result indicates that the dominant ethical ideology of building industry professionals is situationism. The study predicts that the attitude of building industry professionals in practice, given the current socio-political and economic situation of Nigeria would possibly be unethical because of the extreme influence situational factors have on their behaviour. This finding is a bold step and necessary benchmark for resolving ethical issues within the industry and should be of interest to policy makers. It is also useful for intra professional ethical comparison.

Coggins, J, Elliott, R and Bell. M (2010) Towards harmonisation of construction industry payment legislation: a consideration of the success afforded by the East and West Coast models in Australia. Construction Economics and Building, 10(03), 14-35.

Davenport, P (2010) Harmonisation of chalk and cheese. Construction Economics and Building, 10(03), 36-50.

Kay, R (2010) Australia’s crisis of uncertainty. Construction Economics and Building, 10(03), 76-79.

Ting, M (2010) Building on shaky ground: quality and safety in China’s construction industry in the wake of the Wenchuan and Yushu earthquakes. Construction Economics and Building, 10(03), 62-75.