Abstract
The importance of occupational ethics risk considerations during technology transaction in the construction industry is acknowledged. This is particularly in that the industry plays a significant part in a nation’s development. The technology transaction has seen an increase in activity due to massive infrastructure development programmers adopted by governments and increase in external investment. The technology transaction, like any other, is not immune to unethical occupational behavior. This study aims to investigate the source of occupational ethics risk during technology transaction in the Chinese construction industry. A review of literature demonstrated that a number of contextual factors can influence unethical occupational risk practices. In total, 130 engineering practitioners took part in a questionnaire survey to explore the source of occupational ethics risk during the technology transaction in the Chinese construction industry. Firstly, there were 25 factors identified through literature review overall, which were sorted and analyzed. Among the twenty-five factors, three were identified as the most significant factors: Unreasonable incentives for technology trading; poor regulation; and asymmetry of information. Then, through exploratory factor analysis (EPA) method, the twenty-five factors were divided into seven groups: legal environment, industry environment, incompleteness of information, asymmetry of information, difficulty of observation of information, differences between the two sides of cooperation, and incorrect conceptual awareness. This study provided an added dimension to the understanding of occupational ethics risk issues during the technology transaction in the Chinese construction industry. This paper therefore contributes to the list of countries where similar studies have been undertaken.
Highlights
Technology transaction refers to the acquisition of technology from other legal subjects through trade or economic cooperation by enterprises, groups, or individuals, including patent rights, proprietary technology, and technical services [1,2]
The distribution mode of this study is Snowball sampling, which with rich experience in technology introduction, the second one is the scholars who have deeply begins with a small population of known individuals and expands the sample by asking those eligible studied the engineering technology transaction, and the third is the legal personnel engaged in respondents to identify others that should participate in the study
The first group of respondents were involved in engineering them, 81% of the respondents have more than 5 years of working experience, and 50% of the technology transactions, and they looked for people engaged in related business in their own respondents have more than 10 years of working experience, which further ensures the quality of the field as the second group of respondents
Summary
Technology transaction refers to the acquisition of technology from other legal subjects through trade or economic cooperation by enterprises, groups, or individuals, including patent rights, proprietary technology, and technical services [1,2]. In the current developing stage of China, for example, with the initiative of “The Belt and Road” strategies, enterprises sometimes need to introduce advanced technology from developed countries and to share technologies with enterprises in other developing countries. In these processes, engineering technology transaction must. Background culture has a fundamental impact on conceptual awareness and thinking mode. Cultural background differences between the two sides mean great conceptual awareness differences, misunderstandings, and communication problems might occur. Conceptual awareness is an informal constraint mechanism, which mainly rely on the actor’s self-control
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