...Main author: Sean Francis McCarthy General name: code of construction ethics Publishing year: 2005 summary professional ethics professional Ethics is defined as a system of moral principles, by which human actions and proposals may be judged good or bad, or right or wrong. Internal Ethics 1. Honesty - act with honesty and avoid conduct likely to result, directly or indirectly, in the deception of others. 2. Fairness - do not seek to obtain a benefit which arises directly or indirectly from the unfair treatment of other people. 3. Fair reward - avoid acts which are likely to result in another party being deprived of a fair reward for their work. 4. Reliability - maintain up to date skills and provide services only within your area of competence. 5. Integrity - have regard for the interests of the public, particularly people who will make use of or obtain an interest in the project in the future. 6. Objectivity - identify any potential conflicts of interest and disclose the conflict to any person who would be adversely affected by it. 7. Accountability - provide information and warning of matters within your knowledge which are of potential detriment to others who may be adversely affected by them. Warning must be given in sufficient time to allow the taking of effective action to avoid detriment. Implementation 1. Act with honesty and without deception. 2. Act fairly so as not to obtain advantage. 3. Act with...
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...professional ethics impact construction quality: Perception and evidence in a fast developing economy | Author(s) | Hamzah Abdul-Rahman, Chen Wang and Xiang Wen Yap | Source | Scientific Research and Essays Vol. 5(23), pp. 3742-3749, 4 December, 2010. How professional ethics impact construction quality: Perception and evidence in a fast developing economy, H. Abdul-Rahman, C. Wang and X. W. Yap Also online published at: http://www.academicjournals.org/SRE | Analysis Information Purpose | In the beginning from the abstract, I can lead a part of the author's purpose. The author wrote this paper to prove that professional ethics is a pre-requisite to achieve maintained and acceptable quality in construction. Also he mentions several approaches to improve professionalism between construction professionals to enhance quality in construction. Beside this the author wants to know if selected professionals are aware of the unethical conducts in the construction industry in Malaysia and wants to show these results and evidences of unethical conduct to the reader. Also, they sought for the relationship between professional ethics and the quality-related issues in the construction sector in Malaysia. | Audience | The general public is the audience for this paper, but especially citizens of Malaysia and employees of the Malaysian construction sector are targeted audience members. | Subject | I can be very clear about the subject on this paper. It is the ethics in the construction industry...
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...Flour Corp's Business Ethics Practices: Creating Six Sigma Standards in Staying Corruption-Free "Fluor Corporation (Fluor Corp.) was listed in the world’s 'Most Ethical Companies' by Ethisp here magazine in 2008. It was the only company that made it to the list from the construction sector for two consecutive years. Alan Boeckmann (Boeckmann), chairman and CEO of Fluor Corp. Corporation acknowledging the achievement said, "Ethics and ethical behavior are core values at Fluor Corp. and have been since our inception more than a century ago. We are proud of the examples our employees set around the globe and we are honored to be recognized on this prestigious list."1 Fluor Corp., with offices in 25 countries across the globe, provides services in the fields of engineering, construction, procurement and maintenance to its clients in the fields of oil and gas, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, alternative energy, nuclear infrastructure and government projects. Fluor Corp.'s ethical compliance initiatives, many argue, create a virtuous cycle in eroding corruption practices. However, the bigger debate is, would everyone buy Fluor Corp.'s philosophy? Why is it doing what it's doing? Corruption, Business Corruption: The Insatiable Motivations Corruption is defined as the misuse of entrusted power for private gain2 and as Boeckmann aptly said, "As you know, corruption has been with us for centuries. If not the oldest human vice, it is a close second. My belief, however, is that corruption...
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...Private Sector of the Construction Industry Bobie A. Smith Mojica FBi Construction, Inc. Florence, South Carolina Shima N. Clarke, Ph.D., PE Clemson University Clemson, South Carolina Over the course of history, the construction industry has been greatly affected by the effects of unethical practices made by owners, contractors and subcontractors. This study examines those practices, known as bid shopping, and its effects on the private sector of the construction industry. Bid shopping is primarily used by contractors and subcontractors to gain an unfair advantage over their clients, competition and subcontractors during the bidding process. Common consequences of bid shopping include lawsuits from contractors, subcontractors and vendors, refusal of the shopped party to sign a contract, compromised quality of workmanship, disregard toward safety measures, severed relationships among construction professionals and inflated bids. Education of construction professionals at the earliest stage possible is crucial to prevent the practice from happening. In addition, familiarity with all aspects of bid shopping helps construction professionals to recognize its symptoms when it does occur, so that appropriate measures can be used to deal with the issue as it is happening. Key Words: Bid Shopping, Construction Ethics, Construction Education, Bidding Process, Private Sector Construction Introduction Over the course of history, the construction industry has been greatly...
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...Flour Corp's Business Ethics Practices: Creating Six Sigma Standards in Staying Corruption-Free "Fluor Corporation (Fluor Corp.) was listed in the world’s 'Most Ethical Companies' by Ethisp here magazine in 2008. It was the only company that made it to the list from the construction sector for two consecutive years. Alan Boeckmann (Boeckmann), chairman and CEO of Fluor Corp. Corporation acknowledging the achievement said, "Ethics and ethical behavior are core values at Fluor Corp. and have been since our inception more than a century ago. We are proud of the examples our employees set around the globe and we are honored to be recognized on this prestigious list."1 Fluor Corp., with offices in 25 countries across the globe, provides services in the fields of engineering, construction, procurement and maintenance to its clients in the fields of oil and gas, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, alternative energy, nuclear infrastructure and government projects. Fluor Corp.'s ethical compliance initiatives, many argue, create a virtuous cycle in eroding corruption practices. However, the bigger debate is, would everyone buy Fluor Corp.'s philosophy? Why is it doing what it's doing? Corruption, Business Corruption: The Insatiable Motivations Corruption is defined as the misuse of entrusted power for private gain2 and as Boeckmann aptly said, "As you know, corruption has been with us for centuries. If not the oldest human vice, it is a close second. My belief, however, is that corruption...
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...that delivers engineering, procurement, construction, maintenance (EPCM), and project management to governments and clients in diverse industries around the world. For nearly a century, clients have selected Fluor as their company of choice to complete challenging projects in remote parts of the world. Founded as a construction company in 1912, Fluor quickly built a reputation for applying innovative methods and performing precise engineering and construction work within the emerging petroleum industry. Today, Fluor continues to develop and implement innovative solutions for complex project issues in diverse industries, including chemicals and petrochemicals, commercial and institutional (C&I), government services, life sciences, manufacturing, mining, oil and gas, power, renewable energy, telecommunications, and transportation infrastructure. Fluor will be celebrating 100 years in business in 2012. Since the new decade Fluor expands U.S. government business and strengthens operations and maintenance capabilities. I first learned of Fluor when researching ethical communications within businesses. A reknown magazine called “Ethisphere” runs a report stating the most successfully ethical corporations, and Fluor is on that list. Clearly their ethical practices have landed them on several ethical practices listings which include World’s Most Ethical Company, Greater Dallas Business Ethics Award, and Government Contractor Ethics Rating (2013). CEO David Thomas Seaton has...
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...foundation of continuously improving organization. Manytools, methods, and techniques have been developed world wide in order to give substance tothe concept of TQM (Geraedts et al , 2001; Berawi, 2004). A large number of companies obtainedthe ISO 9000 Standards certificate as a first step towards TQM (Hiyassat, 2000). However, if people are not serious in implementing quality management, no matter how good the system is, itwill fail eventually. There is a strong perception that majority of the quality-related problems arecause by human factor, especially professionalism and ethics. 3.0 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Profession is an occupation that requires both advanced study and mastery of a specialized bodyof knowledge and undertaken to promote, ensure or safeguard some matter that significantlyaffects others’ well being (Vee & Skitmore, 2003). Almost every profession has its codes of ethics to provide a framework for arriving at good ethical choices. Therefore, professional ethicsis a system of norms to deal with both the morality and behaviour of professionals in their day-to-day practice, and ascribes moral responsibility not to an individual, but to all professionalspracticing in a particular profession. For the building and designing professions, the incalculablevalue of human life demands nothing less than the highest moral considerations from those whomight risk it otherwise (Mason, 1998, cited in Vee & Skitmore, 2003).The...
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...Introduction: Business process management is one way organizations can imbibe the culture and framework for production efficiency and continual quality improvement (Okaland, 2003). Since the values and success of TQM are best archived when the organization as a whole accepts, understand and adheres to the guiding practice and processes established as enablers towards achieving results, it can then be said that an organizations business process model or framework should recognize all relevant stakeholders (both internal and external) and incorporate operation intricacies of these stakeholders into the overall quality improvement plan. Turbit (2005) made emphasis that once an organization establishes its primary mission the business process model of any of its functioning units should be aimed at achieving the primary objective while fitting in with other processes. Hence the overall process modeling needs to take into account all the activities that goes into achieving the defined objectives. Challenge of first-tier contractors in quality improvement: The activities of first-tier contractor can be related to realizing set quality improvement depending on how well the activities of these contractors are integrated into the development of the QMS processes of the organization. Segmenting the activities of the organizations into clusters of processes rather than departments is a key element which enables the organization tailor its activities towards delivering customer centric...
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...Ethics Issues Business ethics is doing business in good faith, and performing tasks without compromising morals, and always doing what is legal. Business Ethics is the “moral guidelines for the conduct of business based on notions of what is right, wrong and fair. Most business people rely upon their own consciences in making business decisions, falling back upon their own moral and religious backgrounds for guidance. However, business people are also affected by their superiors and immediate colleagues when making business decisions and may feel pressurized to behave unethically when seeking to make profits. Over recent years many firms and industries have attempted to develop codes of conduct which can be used to guide managers when making decisions.” In today’s business environment, acting ethically is one of the most important values in any job. In my profession as a payroll/human resources supervisor I know I am representation of my company. I face ethical situations daily, in the hire, and terminating process of employees. I try to supervise with respect, honesty, integrity, and fairness, which I believe are ethical values. I am a liaison with I.C.E (Immigration, Customs, and Enforcement.) I have to evaluate Social Security Number and Resident Cards. My responsibility is to notify I.C.E. of illegal workers, and sometimes this causes the deportation of my workers. This is an enormous ethical issue in the construction industry. It saddens me to send employees back to...
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...Management in Construction Industry: A Pakistan Perspective ABSTRACT Purpose - The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the issue of suitability, acceptability and degree of implementation of Quality Management (QM) practices in the construction industry of Pakistan. Currently the status of adoption of QM principles particularly in this industry and more specifically in the prevailing culture and context of Pakistani environment is overwhelmingly poor which led the researcher to go for this study. Methodology/sampling - The study entails questionnaire development and the analysis of its responses from seventeen leading construction organizations operating in Pakistan during year 2012. The study also incorporates data from various secondary sources. The analysis was carried out using basic statistical tools such as mean, median and standard deviation and bar chart was employed to represent the data. Findings - The findings revealed that the concept and meaning of quality is not understood and interpreted in its true sense. The conformance to standard specifications (SOPs) is considered to be equivalent to implementation of Quality Management which is far from truth. It was also determined that general lack of awareness and untrained employees that are mostly uneducated labor is one of the major causes towards this dismal. Practical Implications - It is hoped that the outcomes of this study may provide a guideline to the owners of the construction industry and help them...
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...The construction industry is facing some significant impacts and downward pressures on the employment base over the recent years. Other converging trends are also conspiring to have a significant impact and unfortunately there isn’t much that can be done about them at this point other than to acknowledge them and do our best to mitigate the adverse consequences of them. Primarily most of our work force today here in the United States is populated by three generations; the baby boomers, gen-x and the gen-y which is sometimes call the Millennials. Currently we have a very large population of baby boomers at 77.3 million people, followed by a rather small population of gen-x with roughly 49.1 million people and then we have another really big...
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...Organizational Ethics Ryan Rosenbaum ETH/316 Marketing and business development are very important jobs that are out there for every type of business. It is important to make sure a company has a good marketing & business development team because this is how you name will be represented and branded. Social pressure now takes a huge part in business ethics within smaller businesses. Companies give a strong consideration to the different social expectations in the different areas of general community involvement accountability. All the information contributed to the major increased importance of different social pressure since we know words spread quickly. When a company does fail to adhere to social standards this is when we normally see companies being talked about. Over the years the concept of business ethics have evolved knowingly which has made a huge impact on different industries. Business ethics are known as operating a business the right way that will not break the law and or violate any guidelines. Business ethics have expanded which now include positive efforts toward good residency and true business practices. Companies will meet demands for good treatment towards their different customers, charitable giving, community involvement, fair working conditions for their employees and specific business activities. In marketing, it is all about personal relationships that you have with people and your clients. When someone in marketing or business development...
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...Halliburton Janet Mitchell MGT/330 March 8, 2010 Halliburton In 1919, Halliburton was founded by Earle P. Halliburton and is known as one of the world’s largest providers of services and products in the oil and gas industry. Halliburton has many services from locating hydrocarbons, managing geological data, drilling and formation evaluations, to well construction and completion. There are two divisions that make up Halliburton. They are: Drilling and Evaluating and Completion and Production. These two divisions accounted for 18 billion dollars in revenue in 2008. Halliburton employees more than 50,000 people in approximately 70 countries and offer two major business segments. The Energy Services Group provides the technical products and services for fuel exploration and production, and (KBR) Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc. KBR is a construction company that has refineries, pipelines and chemical plants. This paper will cover the various methods of Halliburton’s planning functions of management, legal issues, ethics, and corporate social responsibility. The paper will also explain three factors that influence Halliburton’s strategic, tactical, operational, and contingency planning. Planning Functions of Management As planning is an important function of management, it allows an organization to achieve its maximum potential. The planning function is a methodical approach for taking the goal and turning them into plans and strategies. An example of a planning...
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...Conceptualizing a Business Chris Wright BUS/475 February 23, 2014 Diane Deaton Heartland Residential Design is a custom home design company, designing homes for both builders and individuals in the Kansas City, metro area. There is a great need for such services in the metro area due to the home building industry crashing in 2009. Many home design companies that were in the area along with other industry professionals including builders and construction suppliers did not survive the crash. Now that the industry is bouncing back and new housing starts are at their highest since 2009, the opportunity for a business that designs custom home plans seems to be at its greatest, with opportunity growing as the housing industry begins its re-growth. Mission Statement: Heartland Design will define the way homes are designed for the future providing plans to customers which are green friendly energy efficient homes, drawn to utilize construction materials while reducing waste during construction, designed to meet all current codes, and most importantly, drawn to the likes and specifications of the customer at a reasonable cost and in a timely manner. A very important factor in the development of Heartland Residential Design and where it stands out among competitors is in the pricing of the provided services to customers and turn- around time for completed ready to build custom home plans. Most customers believe they must seek out an architect to have a home designed...
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...Strategic Plan Part One: Eco Living Construction The following is part one of the strategic plan for EcoLiving Construction. In the first part of the strategic plan I will define my business, the services provided, and the customers to be served with my mission statement. I will create a vision for my business to demonstrate what I want my business to become. I will define the guiding values of my business taking into consideration culture, social responsibility, and ethics. I will determine how the vision, mission, and values will guide my strategic decisions as well as assessing how the business will address the customer’s needs and attain a competitive advantage (University of Phoenix, 2009). Mission Statement According to Pearce and Robinson, “The mission of a company is the unique purpose that sets it apart from other companies of its type and identifies the scope of its operations,” (2009, p. 11). The mission statement is usually defined by the owners of the company, or it the company is large enough it will be discussed by the board of directors. Of course most businesses start our small and if they do well enough can become large corporations. Throughout this time and as the business grows they will need to update the mission statement to reflect the company at the present time. The mission statement will usually answer question such as why the business exits, who the clients are that the business serves, what are the services or products they provide and how the...
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