Ethical issues and agendas

Grimshaw, Bob

Abstract

As more facilities managers consider themselves to be “professional”, the issue of ethical awareness within the conduct of facilities management practice cannot be avoided. This article seeks to review the issues involved in raising ethical awareness amongst facilities managers. It examines the intimate relationship between professions and ethics, and highlights the main characteristics of ethical codes in related professions. It reviews the arguments for facilities management being a profession and examines the relationship between facilities management and business ethics. It illustrates ethical dilemmas for facilities management in the stakeholder debate and maps out an agenda for raising ethical issues in the profession. © 2001, MCB UP Limited

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2001
• Journal: Facilities
• Print ISSN: 0263-2772
• Publisher: Emerald
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 19
• Issue: 1/2
• Pages: 43-51
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/02632770110362794
• Keywords: ethical issues, agendas
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/1088389
• Publisher URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/02632770110362794
• Additional Information: Additional Information : Draws on work with the British Institute of Facilities Management (BIFM) to establish a professional structure for facilities management in the UK. Grimshaw was the chair of the Professional Development Committee in the relevant period and played a leading role within the BIFM to establish a system of professional qualifications and links to higher education. Grimshaw's contribution was recognised in a BIFM Outstanding Services Award in 2003.