Patrick Manu Patrick.Manu@uwe.ac.uk
Professor of Innovative Construction and Project Management
Differences in stakeholder ability in addressing unethical practices: Insights from the surveying profession
Manu, Patrick; Agyekum, Kofi; Mahamadu, Abdul-Majeed; Olomolaiye, Paul; Adinyira, Emmanuel
Authors
Kofi Agyekum
Abdul Mahamadu Abdul.Mahamadu@uwe.ac.uk
Associate Lecturer - CATE - AAE - UAAE0001
Paul Olomolaiye Paul.Olomolaiye@uwe.ac.uk
Pro Vice-Chancellor Equalities and Civic Engagement
Emmanuel Adinyira
Abstract
While several measures have been suggested to address unethical practices within the built environment, it remains unclear whether some stakeholders are more able to influence improvement in unethical practices than others, and if so whether such phenomenon manifests similarly or differently in different national contexts. This study pioneers the exploration of whether different built environment profession stakeholders (i.e., the practitioner/individual professional, the practitioner’s organization/company, and the professional body/association) have different abilities to influence improvement (i.e., positive change) in unethical practices, and subsequently whether such phenomenon manifests differently in different national contexts. The study used cross-sectional surveys of built environment surveying professionals in three countries: Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanzania. The findings revealed that there are significant differences in the abilities of stakeholders to influence improvement in unethical practices like political interference, discrimination, and nepotism. The findings further revealed that differences in stakeholder ability to influence improvement in unethical practices can manifest differently in different national contexts. The implication is that, in different national contexts, specific stakeholders could play a leading role in efforts to address unethical practices in which they are more capable of influencing improvement.
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jun 26, 2019 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 29, 2019 |
Publication Date | Oct 1, 2019 |
Deposit Date | Oct 28, 2019 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 29, 2019 |
Journal | Journal of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice |
Print ISSN | 1052-3928 |
Electronic ISSN | 1943-5541 |
Publisher | American Society of Civil Engineers |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 145 |
Issue | 4 |
Article Number | 04019011 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1061/%28asce%29ei.1943-5541.0000426 |
Keywords | Strategy and Management; Industrial relations; Civil and Structural Engineering |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/4168587 |
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