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    Professional ETHICS

    HS 3050

    Prof. N.Raghavan 24th Sep, 2013

    Road Map

    Basic Definitions

    Professional Ethics & other categories

    Engineering Ethics

    Ethics in Construction

    Survey findings

    Role of Personal Ethics

    Conclusions

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    Ethics- Definitions

    Ethics:

    also known as moral philosophy/ rules of conduct

    a branch of philosophy that addresses questions about

    morality i.e. concepts such as good and evil, right and

    wrong, virtue and vice, justice and injustice, etc.

    Doing what is RIGHT (according to prevalent set of moral codes)

    and not necessarily what is BEST (which is your opinion - likely to be clouded!)

    Ethics is also a measure of concern for others & for the

    common good, as against the selfish motive

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    Road Map

    Basic Definitions

    Professional Ethics & other categories

    Engineering Ethics

    Ethics in Construction

    Survey findings

    Role of Personal Ethics

    Conclusions

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    Professional Ethics

    Profession Professionalism Professional

    Responsibility

    Professional Ethics

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    Professions

    Professions :

    "occupations that both require advanced study and mastery of a

    specialised body of knowledge, and

    undertake to promote, ensure or safeguard some matter that

    significantly affects others well-being.

    Are usually bound by a set of principles, attitudes or types of

    character dispositions that control the way the profession is

    practiced. This has been termed as Professional Ethics

    In general, professional ethics always include upholding honesty

    and respect in the profession over personal needs, conflicts or

    biases.

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    Professionalism

    Core of professionalism: the possession and autonomous

    control of a body of specialised knowledge, which when

    combined with honorific status, confers power upon its holders.

    Denotes efficiency, knowledgeability, thorough familiarity with

    work practices, great skill & ability,

    Professionalism is about individual modes of behaviour that

    command respect and build trust.

    The high standard that you expect from a person who is well

    trained in a particular job

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    Professionalism (Contd)

    A focused approach

    Having pride in what one is doing

    Being confident; competent

    Goes with Accountability & Responsibility

    Respect for people irrespective of rank, status and gender;

    Commitment to word and deed basing business related interactions to facts, figures and purely on the logic and understanding of the situation at hand.

    Not getting carried away by the passion of the moment.

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    Professional Responsibility

    Professional responsibility :: obligation of a Professional ( a

    Consultant, an Auditor,) to perform his duties in a

    fitting manner.

    This includes a professional and legal approach to the

    duties + the moral aspect of the profession (which is not

    always specified by the law);

    ex. Giving the most economical design by a consultant and

    not only a safe design.

    One key issue is conflict of interest."

    This creates a predetermined bias for or against one of the

    clients, which the main client is usually unaware of.

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    Professional Ethics

    Profession Professionalism Professional

    Responsibility

    Professional Ethics

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    Ethics - Categories

    Business

    Ethics Professional

    Ethics

    Engineering

    Ethics

    Corporate

    Ethics

    Personal Ethics

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    Business Ethics

    It is often thought that business and ethics should not be mixed! Indeed,

    "business ethics could be an oxymoron!!

    Ethical business practices: actions and attitudes held by a business and its

    employees that are considered professionally and morally responsible

    patterns of behaviour.

    A business should not do anything to make money and get ahead; many

    companies are successful while still acting in a way that is ethical &

    serving the common good as well as the corporate good.

    Good Practices are best implemented & established as a top down

    program.

    Right of Conscientious Refusal: right of an employee to refuse to

    partake in unethical conduct when forced to do so by an employer. This

    may occur in work or non-work situations and may not necessary

    involve breaking the law

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    Corporate Ethics

    Corporate Ethics: codes of conduct followed by a corporate in the course of doing its business & outside it towards the Society at large

    To ensure that business incentives do not conflict with morality and responsibility to stakeholders. Stakeholders: shareholders, fellow employees, anyone affected by the companys practices & the environment.

    The code usually has a mission statement that sets out the overarching goals and beliefs, & set of guidelines on acceptable and unacceptable workplace behaviour and proper procedure and management.

    How much the code is enforced depends on the management, and often on the transparency and oversight of company dealings.

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    Role of the Organisation

    Often cause of ethical failure in an organisation can be traced to its organisational culture & failure on the part of the leadership to actively promote ethical practices

    Personal Ethics are a reflection of beliefs, values, personality and background, but often propensity of a person towards ethical conduct is strongly influenced by value systems of the employing organisation. This often results in ones personal sense of what is right and wrong becoming buried amongst an organisations non-observance of professional ethics.

    Unethical conduct may not eventuate from a persons upbringing, but rather is part of the process of learning practical business or being inducted into the practice

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    Some Basic Issues

    Conflict of Interests

    Gift vs Bribery

    Clarity of Perceptions

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    Conflict of Interest

    Professionals are expected to uphold professional ethics by not getting involved in any type of conflict of interest.

    A conflict of interest situation may occur when an individual tries to accomplish personal goals as a result of being in a certain profession.

    An interest which, if pursued, could keep professionals from meeting one of their obligations

    For example, a Consultant giving advice to the owner and the contractor for the same project (with or without the knowledge of each other)!

    Ex. Gifts and bribes, interests in other companies, insider information.

    Unchecked conflicts of interest may also lead to serious problems! Ex. Meryl Lynch,

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    Gift Vs Bribery

    Following two actions have to be satisfied to transform

    gift giving to the illegal practice of bribery:

    1. The person receiving the gift may, consciously or otherwise,

    be disposed, predictably, to favour the interests of the gift giver

    2. The gift must be of a non-token nature that it is reasonable to

    think that it may put the interests of the giver in a privileged

    status even when all else is equal.

    Consequently, some corporations have allowed gift giving

    to their clients or potential clients only as long as these

    two conditions do not apply.

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    What is the Right Thing to do?

    Warren Buffet once devised a creative solution:

    Assess all future business judgments using this rule:

    If your business decisions and motives were

    published on the front page of a large circulation

    newspaper the day after you make your decision, and

    you will still feel comfortable, then do it.

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    Ethical Conduct Personal qualities

    Honesty Fairness Fair Reward

    Reliability Integrity Objectivity

    Accountability

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    Road Map

    Basic Definitions

    Professional Ethics & other categories

    Engineering Ethics

    Ethics in Construction

    Survey findings

    Role of Personal Ethics

    Conclusions

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    Engineering Ethics

    Developing the best possible design for the given specs & the committed framework

    Give the best possible quality for product/ services for the given specs & the committed framework

    Not overdesigning just because you are consultant to Owner, not dumping materials in a cost plus contract

    Design with user-orientation, for the environment, safety, sustainability

    Design with client benefit in mind, not to promote your own CV or sense of self-importance!

    Respect Intellectual Property Rights

    Bring out the potentialities for failure, if any.

    Check your work/ get it checked.

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    Institution Of Engineers (India) -

    Code of Ethics

    www.ieindia.org

    1.1.1 Concern for ethical standard;

    1.1.2 Concern for social justice, social

    order and human rights;

    1.1.3 Concern for protection of the

    environment;

    1.1.4 Concern for sustainable

    development;

    1.1.5 Public safety and tranquility.

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    Road Map

    Basic Definitions

    Professional Ethics & other categories

    Engineering Ethics

    Ethics in Construction

    Survey findings

    Role of Personal Ethics

    Conclusions

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    CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

    Second largest industry after agriculture in India

    Employs over 3 crore persons

    Annual monitory value (2006)

    Rs. 310,000 Crore

    Investment planned in Infrastructure alone in XII FYP

    (2013-18): total of Rs 3,88,000 Cr for Urban Transport

    (Rs. 3.88 Trillions)

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    Projected Investment in Construction

    Industry in India Rs. Crores

    Years Base

    year

    Total

    (200607

    of Tenth

    Plan)

    200708 200809 200910 2010-11 2011-12 Total

    Eleventh

    Plan

    GDP 41,45,810 45,18,933 49,25,637 53,68,944 58,52,149 63,78,843 2,70,44,506

    Public

    Investment

    1,75,388 192107 2,27,327 2,73,543 3,32,355 4,11,226 14,36,559

    Private

    Investment

    49,858 78166 94,252 1,15,724 1,46,762 1,84,687 6,19,591

    Total

    Investment

    2,25,246 2,70,273 3,21,579 3,89,266 4,79,117 5,95,913 20,56,150

    Source: Planning commission of India Report 25

    India's Construction Spending Outlook

    (IHS 2010) IHS Global Insight - India construction: importance of infrastructure construction in India 26

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    Future Development of Indias Construction Industry

    India GDP

    Construction

    Growth

    Construction industry

    will exceed the overall

    GDP growth

    http://www.bcindia.com/en/p.21730941/Exhibitors/India 27

    Civil Engg. Infrastructure vast coverage

    Housing & Buildings- Commercial, Residential, Public, Sports,...

    Transportation - Roads, Bridges, Airports, Railways, Ports & Harbours, Metros; Traffic engineering

    Power- Thermal, Hydro, Nuclear & Non-conventional

    Plants & Factories -General industrial structures; Core sector industries steel, paper,

    Water -Hydraulics & Hydrology, Ocean engineering

    Underground: Soil mechanics, Foundation engineering, Underground structures (Tunnels, Caverns)

    Environmental: Environmental engineering, Water & Effluent Treatment Plants

    Management: Construction Management, Project Management, Quality Management,...

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    Construction & Ethics

    An Opinion Poll indicates that various forms of unethical

    conducts have significant impact on construction quality

    Only when professional ethics are well practiced,

    professionalism will be enhanced and thus eliminating the

    quality-related problems directly.

    People working in the construction industry are twice as

    likely to sustain a major injury and five times more likely to

    be killed, than the average for all industries.

    Hence ethical conduct is key element in construction

    contracting

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    Construction & Ethics (Contd.)

    One such study analyzed the probable effect of

    corruption on the death tolls from earthquakes,

    particularly those resulting from the collapse of buildings.

    It says that poor building practices can turn even

    moderate earthquakes into major disasters.

    It says that 83% of all deaths from building collapses in

    earthquakes over the past 30 years occurred in countries

    perceived to have abnormally high levels of corruption!

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    Some Construction Ethics breaches

    Fraud in Government Contracts

    Defective Pricing

    Antitrust Violations: Collusive Bidding and Price Fixing,

    cartels

    Cost Mischarging

    Product Substitution

    Fixing the Testing process

    Progress Payment Fraud

    Bribery, Gratuities, and Conflicts of Interest

    Commercial Bribery and Kickbacks

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    Main Stakeholders in Construction

    Designer/ Architect/ Consultant

    Contractor

    Vendors

    Sub.

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    Owner/Client

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    Architects & Ethics

    Architects are generally rated high in Ethics

    In contrast with architects, however,

    construction contractors have a reputation for

    unethical behaviour

    The main problem being, according to a poll ,

    the high level of disputes between owners and

    builders

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    Architect/ Designer/ Consultant &

    Non-Ethics

    Tweaking experience list, CVs

    Offering one particular candidate in the bid for the work but actually providing another

    Concealing of construction errors

    Stealing someone elses drawings/ designs

    Exaggerating experience and academic achievements in resumes and applications

    Charging clients for work not done, costs not incurred or overstated (manhour-based billing)

    Misleading clients in project management

    Involvement in conflict of interest

    Consultants and builder discussing client details

    Improper information flow, internally and externally, within a practice

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    Contractor & Non-Ethics

    Frequently identified as the main source of all corruption!

    Collusive tendering

    Colluding with Clients officers to make money (undue

    claims, overpayment, inflating quantities, passing off poor

    quality/ safety, etc) Rampant misdemeanors in public

    works

    Will calling him a Constructor instead of Contractor

    (Tekedar) help to get more respect/ responsibility?!!

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    Contractor (Contd.)

    Collusive Tendering:

    illegal agreements between tenderers that result in seemingly competitive bids

    price fixing (quoting high thro a cartel)

    schemes that circumvent spirit of free competition and defraud clients

    cover pricing (quoting high price to lose tender)

    hidden fees ( the small print)

    compensation for unsuccessful tenderers (for support bids)

    withdrawal where a tenderer withdraws his bid after consultation with other tenderers.

    Bid cutting : (negotiating down S/Cs by M/Cs)

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    The Client & Non-Ethics Coercing contractors for kick-backs

    Turning a blind-eye to poor performance by agencies

    Confidentiality and propriety information infringements

    Using Architects drawings to complete projects with other parties

    Revealing tendering/ product information

    Not being transparent w.r.t difficult conditions ex. Cavern project

    Bid shopping: divulging solicited bids as leverage to encourage contractors to lower their prices; showing L1 quote to others to get lower price

    Reverse auction: (asking bidders to openly keep quoting against others to get the lowest price often in blind e-auction) also considered to be unethical, as it is more or less another form of bid shopping.

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    LPG Storage Cavern 200m below GL

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    Client (Contd.)

    Procurement is often the basic cause!

    Selecting knowledge-based services on price basis

    Encouraging cut-throat competition among consultants

    Selecting contractors by reverse auction

    Changing qualification criteria arbitrarily & at last minute

    Harassment of honest contractors

    Rampant moonlighting by public organisation employees!

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    Client-related lapse

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    Babylons Building Code!

    Hammurabis Code:

    If a builder has built a house for a man and has not made his work sound, and the house which he has built has

    fallen down and so caused the death of the house-holder, the

    builder should be put to death

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    Some interesting Issues

    Environmental breaches

    Negligence

    Deficiencies in State-of-the- Art

    Negligence in Engineering

    Negligence in Construction

    Whose Responsibility?

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    Environmental breaches

    Bad practices:

    Contamination of the soil

    Degradation of vegetation

    Soil erosion

    Inadequate perimeter fencing on construction sites

    Careless execution of demolition and construction

    Storage of construction waste products offsite

    Inadequate protection for public from debris

    Issues:

    Did Client/ Consultant specify proper measures in tender?

    Did Client procure proper land for debris disposal?

    Is the Contractor following bad practices?

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    Negligence

    Negligence: failure to exercise that degree of care which, in

    the circumstances, the law requires for the protection of

    those interests of other persons which may be injuriously

    affected by the want of such care.

    The main sources are design negligence, design defect,

    production defect, construction defect or a combination of

    these factors

    Negligence is major cause of many accidents

    Is Negligence an Unethical Practice?

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    Primary Causes of Engineering

    Disasters

    The primary causes of engineering disasters are usually considered to be

    human factors (including both 'ethical' failure and accidents)

    design flaws (many of which are also the result of unethical practices)

    materials failures

    extreme conditions or environments, and, most commonly and importantly

    combinations of these reasons

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    Recent study by Swiss Federal Institute of Technology:

    800 cases of structural failure -- 504 people killed, 592 people

    injured, millions of dollars of damage.

    Primary Causes of Engineering

    Disasters (Contd.)

    Cause of Failure Percentage( %)

    Insufficient knowledge 36

    Underestimation of influence 16

    Ignorance, carelessness, negligence 14

    Forgetfulness, error 13

    Relying upon others without sufficient

    control

    9

    Objectively unknown situation 7

    Un-precise definition of responsibilities 1

    Choice of bad quality 1

    Other 3

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    State-of-the-Art not being good

    enough!

    Sometimes the existing knowledge levels themselves are

    low; many intricacies had not yet been explored &

    understood

    Whose responsibility is it when something engineered as

    state-of-the-art fails?

    Ex. The Titanic to some extent!

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    Tacoma Narrows Bridge, USA

    Galloping Gertie www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Fi1VcbpAI -

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    Tacoma Narrows Bridge

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    Ronan Point Flats

    Collapse, UK

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    Ferry Bridge Cooling

    Towers, UK

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    Negligence in construction

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    Negligence in Construction!!

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    Negligence during Construction

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    Negligence in Engineering &

    Construction

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    The Failure Sequence

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    Amazing negligence!

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    Examples

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    Examples

    Examples

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    Negligence in Construction the Safety Aspect

    Hardly any concern for safety in any field! ---- Construction, Traffic, Diwali crackers!! Preventable Accidents, if not prevented due to our negligence, are nothing short of murder - Dr S.Radhakrishnan Safety in Construction has to be Designed and is not merely wearing a helmet! Forensic Engg is now a solution to fix the root causes!

    Moot Questions!!

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    Is there any awareness of Quality and Safety at all ??!!

    Does anyone care?

    Whose responsibility is it?

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    Responsibility Dilemmas!

    Who is responsible for encouraging lapses in Ethical practices -

    Client/ Consultant/ Contractor?? (Chicken & egg analogy?!)

    Client: expressed/ veiled/ passive expectations, lack of

    competence, poor specifications

    Contractor: too much competition, pressure on margins, client

    inducements, pressure of time, difficulties in job, unexpected

    problems in project

    Consultant: too much competition, lack of competence, pressure

    of time

    Circumstances/ national culture/ apathy??!

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    Road Map

    Basic Definitions

    Professional Ethics & other categories

    Engineering Ethics

    Ethics in Construction

    Survey findings

    Role of Personal Ethics

    Conclusions

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    Questionnaire- 1 (USA)

    31 (42%) valid responses (Avg. experience of 21 ys in field)

    61%:Architects, 16%:Contractors, 16%:Project Managers, 6%:

    Construction Managers

    90% subscribed to a professional Code of Ethics

    45% had an Ethical Code of Conduct in their organisations

    84% considered good ethical practice to be an important

    organisational goal.

    93% agreed that Business Ethics should be driven or

    governed by Personal Ethics,

    84% stated that a balance of both the requirements of the

    client and the impact on the public should be maintained.

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    Questionnaire 1 (Contd.)

    All the respondents had witnessed or experienced some degree

    of unethical conduct:

    unfair conduct (81%),

    negligence (67%),

    conflict of interest (48%),

    collusive tendering (44%),

    fraud (35%),

    confidentiality and propriety breach (32%),

    bribery (26%)

    violation of environmental ethics (20%).

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    Questionnaire 2 (USA)

    Questionnaires on ethical state of construction industry

    from 270 architects, engineers, construction managers,

    general contractors and subcontractors.

    An opinion: The majority of contractors who do engage

    in corrupt practices tend to do so not because they

    want to, but because they feel they are forced to by the

    way the industry and the political environment operate.

    ..(Rationalisation!!)

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    Five most Critical Ethical issues

    Bid Shopping Change Orders Payment Games Unreliable Contractors Claims Games

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    Bid Shopping is Unethical

    Reverse Auction is Unethical

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    Call for More regulations, Ethics Training,

    Codes of Conduct

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    Survey 3 - in Malaysia

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    Breakdown of response by type of

    company.

    Type of Firm Sent Responded Percent(%)

    Contractor 275 40 14.55

    Architectural 80 11 13.95

    Developer 45 6 13.33

    Quantity

    Surveying

    100 7 7.00

    Total 500 66 13.20

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    Classification for frequency scale Non-ethical instances

    Options Mean

    None 0.00 Mean score < 0.75

    Sometimes 0.75 Mean score < 1.50

    Often 1.50 Mean score < 2.25

    Very often 2.25 Mean score < 3.00

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    Ranking of unethical conducts by

    construction players

    Rank no. 1 = Most frequent; Rank no.11 = Least frequent.

    Categories of unethical conducts Mean Rank

    Under bidding, bid shopping, bid cutting 1.67 1

    Bribery, corruption 1.61 2

    Negligence 1.48 3

    Front loading, claims game 1.42 4

    Payment game 1.32 5

    Unfair and dishonest conduct, fraud 1.30 6

    Collusion 1.26 7

    Conflict of interest 1.17 8

    Change order game 1.12 9

    Cover pricing, withdrawal of tender 1.06 10

    Compensation of tendering 0.74 11

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    Whether unethical conducts contribute

    to quality-related problem

    Unethical conducts contribute to

    quality-related problem

    Frequency Percent (%) Score

    Strongly agree (score- 0) 27 40.91 0.00

    Somewhat agree (score- 1) 35 53.03 35.00

    Somewhat disagree (score- 2) 3 4.55 6.00

    Strongly disagree (score- 3) 4 1.51 3.00

    Total 66 100.00 110.00

    Mean 0.67

    Road Map

    Basic Definitions

    Professional Ethics & other categories

    Engineering Ethics

    Ethics in Construction

    Survey findings

    Role of Personal Ethics

    Conclusions

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    Ethics ----the Professional

    A person who will not propagate incorrect information/

    knowledge

    A person who will not steal someone elses work

    A person who will practice what he preaches

    A person who will not cheat in tenders (cartels,

    bribing), in quality (poor materials, poor workmanship),

    in claims (falsified documentation,), industrial espionage

    A person who will not pass off a substandard design or

    product or workmanship;

    Does not overprice services/ goods taking advantage of a

    situation (black marketing, hoarding, opportunity pricing)

    Subscribes to Engineering Registration 77

    Ethical working a practical guide

    Check out if a set of Ethical Codes is available for ethical

    practices in your chosen profession as set forth by an

    independent body

    Follow your organization's spelt-out set of business ethics if

    available and if strictly followed

    If neither is available, set up your own code of ethics to suit

    the various contexts

    Developing Personal Ethics

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    Carl Houston was a welding supervisor for a nuclear power facility in Virginia (1970) for Stone & Weber

    He saw

    Improper welding procedures

    Use of wrong materials

    Welders were not trained properly

    The situation was dangerous

    He reported to Stone & Webers Manager, who ignored him. He threatened to write to Stone & Webers Headquarters. Shortly thereafter he was fired on trumpedup charges.

    Finally he wrote to Senators Howard's Baker and Albert Gore. The Senators prompted the Atomic Energy Commission to investigate, which confirmed his allegations.

    An Example of personal ethics Whistle blowing

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    Personal Work Ethics! (recommended)

    Constant quest for Perfection any less is not your best!

    Sincerity/ commitment is your best in what you do

    Search for a better solution, the Best possible!

    Study, Learn, Discuss, Explore, Try out alternatives till

    you get the best solution INNOVATE!

    Not compromising even if it involves more work from

    yourself, tirade from the top! (not to be confused with

    being a workaholic!)

    To say I dont know when in ignorance, instead of

    putting out a defective design/ product./ work

    Taking responsibility and not finding scapegoats

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    Structural Engineer Bill LeMessurier faced a big design

    problem when he worked on the Citicorp Centre, N.Y then the fifth highest skyscraper in New York.

    The 900 feet bank would rise from 9-storey (114) high columns. The columns are positioned as follows: one at the

    center and the other at the CENTER OF EACH SIDE OF THE

    TOWER and not at the CORNERS OF THE TOWERS (as is

    usual)

    This was because of a corner of the plot belonged to a

    church and the church had to be accommodated there.

    The building was completed in 1977. An engineering

    student questioned: what will happen when the wind loading

    is oblique?

    Personal Ethics - CITIGROUP CENTER

    BUILDING

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    y

    x

    Calculations should show that in Case (c) the

    resultant force is 40% larger.

    While LeMessurier designed welded joints, the

    contractor, Bethlehem Steel changed them to bolted joints.

    Recalculation was not done to check what the construction

    change would do.

    Wind Tunnel Tests proved that the diagonal wind

    loading (with a return period of 16 years) can lead to the

    failure of the critical bolted joints and therefore the building.

    (a) (b) (c)

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    LeMessurier was deeply troubled. He considered his options

    Silence

    Suicide

    Then he told himself:

    I have information that nobody else in the world had. I have power to effect extraordinary events that only I

    could initiate.

    He explained the problem to his client Citicorp.

    The building was strengthened by welding two-inch

    thick steel plates over each of the 200 bolted joints. With only

    welding half the number of bolts hurricane Ella was

    threatening to strike the building. Luckily Ellas direction changed.

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    Despite the fact that nothing happened as the result of the

    engineering gaffe, the crisis was kept hidden from the public

    for almost 20 years.

    LeMessurier was criticized for

    Insufficient oversight leading to bolted rather than

    welded joints.

    For misleading the public about the extent of the danger

    during the reinforcement process

    For keeping the engineering insights from his peers for

    decades.

    However his act of alerting Citicorp to the problem

    inherent in his own design is now used as an example of

    ethical behavior in several engineering textbooks.

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    Road Map

    Basic Definitions

    Professional Ethics & other categories

    Engineering Ethics

    Ethics in Construction

    Survey findings

    Role of Personal Ethics

    Conclusions

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    Conclusion - the IIT Way?!!

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    Ethics is taking the high (and possibly, lonely) ground! Construction has many potentialities for Unethical acts and a lot of care has to be exercised by all the players to avoid

    them.

    Developing a strong sense of Personal Ethics could help! IITMs GN 5001 Course on Self Awareness could help towards this!

    How would you like to project the IIT Brand? as having an Ethical Value?

    In your Workplace? In your Professional Circles? In the Society? In your Personal Life? To your own inner Self??

    It is your call !!

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    References

    en.wikepedia.org

    Ethics in Engineering- M.W.Martin & R.Schinzinger, McGraw-Hill

    Engineering Ethics, National Institute for Engineering Ethics, USA

    www.ieindia.org

    Engineering Ethics, http://repo-nt.tcc.virginia.edu/ethics/

    Engineering ethics: concepts and cases C. E. Harris, M.S. Pritchard, M.J.Rabins

    Vee, C. and Skitmore, R.M. (2003) Professional ethics in the construction industry.

    Engineering Construction and Architectural Management 10(2):pp. 117-127.

    Citigroup center- Wikipedia

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