Abstract
In the attempt to reshape the future landscape of the construction industry in Malaysia, there is a need to address the increasing concern of ethical issues prevailing in the industry. The way forward is to improve ethics in the industry and it should start from the way we educate the construction professionals. This paper discusses the research on the significance of ethics education and training for construction professionals. It underlines construction professionals’ perceptions on ethics education and training as a way to improve ethics in the Malaysian construction industry. A questionnaire survey was conducted with construction professionals made up of architects, quantity surveyors and engineers from Malaysian main construction industry players that are the clients, contractors and consultants involved with the design, project management and construction of projects in Malaysia. Results from the survey show that ethics and moral education at elementary school; ethics education for undergraduate levels of construction and engineering programs at colleges/universities; and, professional institutions’ responsibility to endorse the ethics substance by conducting Continuing Professional Development (CPD) ethics training for their members, are significant to form the nucleus of the construction professionals’ ethical setting to improve ethics in industry. Further research may focus on ethics education specifically in designing appropriate ethics curricula for undergraduate construction and engineering programs in Malaysia.
Highlights
Construction industry is one of the largest and most valuable industries in Malaysia
In the attempt to reshape the future landscape of the construction industry in Malaysia, there is a need to address the increasing concern of ethical issues prevailing in the industry
In the attempt to reshape the future landscape of the construction industry in Malaysia and to enable it to achieve its optimum capacity, capabilities and growth potentials, the industry faces a major problem in the area of ethics
Summary
Construction industry is one of the largest and most valuable industries in Malaysia. It has been playing a major role in economic development in Malaysia and is developing quickly (CIDB, 2005a). Maintaining a high ethical standard of construction professionals and practice is crucial to the continuing healthy development of Malaysia and to the growth of the industry in particular. The Second Thrust is to “strengthen the construction industry image” One of the agenda is: “professionalism-enhancement of professionalism is vital to the improvement of the image of the industry” The underlying principle is to improve service quality delivered by construction players and professions for the good of community interest
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