Abstract
This article seeks to conceptualise an understanding of the role and the nature of socially responsible architects and their architectural firms in a rapidly growing global construction market. Recognising a construction site as a key field for architectural and urban research, the theoretical framework reflects the need for working interdisciplinary to understand current phenomena, the social conditions of global building production, the role of the architect within a globalised building practice, and the perspective of governance ethics. Therefore, it brings together various theoretical perspectives from (1) the profession of the architect, (2) the role of ethics in globalised professional design services, (3) corporate governance and business ethics, as well as (4) stakeholder theory. In particular, the paper describes the rapid intensification of moral challenges in this contemporary global construction practice, and it concludes that the social principles of justice and inclusiveness need to be embedded in architecture, planning, and construction.
Highlights
While globalisation generates new working opportunities for architects and other related professions, it has brought with it issues of ethical and social behaviour (Gunder & Hillier, 2007, 2009; Marcuse, 1976; Spector, 2001; Sadri, 2012)
Such precarious working conditions in a fast growing global building boom can be found on other large construction sites, such as in China (Bronner & Reikersdorfer, 2016) in the projects for the FIFA World Cup in Brazil 2014 (Bloomer & Neiva, 2014) and the Winter Olympics in Sochi 2016 (Human Rights Watch [HRW], 2013, 2017)
By addressing ethical issues that arise during the process of production in a globalised building practice, such as the labour conditions of construction workers with insufficient training and poor work safety conditions, this paper aims to build a theoretical framework for understanding current global construction practice and for promoting fairness, sustainability, and shared values in the process of building
Summary
This article seeks to conceptualise an understanding of the role and the nature of socially responsible architects and their architectural firms in a rapidly growing global construction market. Recognising a construction site as a key field for architectural and urban research, the theoretical framework reflects the need for working interdisciplinary to understand current phenomena, the social conditions of global building production, the role of the architect within a globalised building practice, and the perspective of governance ethics. It brings together various theoretical perspectives from (1) the profession of the architect, (2) the role of ethics in globalised professional design services, (3) corporate governance and business ethics, as well as (4) stakeholder theory.
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