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Investigation of Ethical Decision Making Towards Ethical Issues in the Construction Industry

Vol.54 No.3 & 4 2019

unethical behaviour through the data and testify the hypotheses.
mediating structure of the decision- The variance must be reliable
making process of the individual. and valuable. The reliability of the The foundation of
The decision-making process in data in the questionnaire survey ethical decision
the model functions as a central was tested using Cronbach’s
processing unit with its own internal coefficient alpha (α).The estimate making involves
characteristics, such as the cognitive of Cronbach’s coefficient alpha (α)
style of the individual, the type of (often symbolised by the lower-case choice and
data acquisition and processing, and Greek letter α) should be interpreted
the perceived loss and reward levels, just like other estimates of internal balance; it is a
which influence the decision. The consistency. guide to discard
model also differentiates between
the degree of influence that the Phase 4: Conclusion and bad choices in
decision-maker perceives and the Recommendation
influence that the various factors Conclusion was produced favour of good
have. based on the data collected. ones (Hojnacki,
The recommendation would be
Research generated based of the conclusion 2004).
to improve the current situation and
Methodology overcome the problem encountered

in this research.
The occurrence of ethical decision
making through self- administered
questionnaires was evaluated with Data Analysis and
quantitative data in this research Discussion A total number of 108 (75%) out of
categorising four (4) phases: 144 respondents held degrees, 6
The questions included gender of the people (4%) were from a diploma
Phase 1: Secondary Data Collection
respondent, age of the respondent, background. 21% which made up of
The data for literature review education level of the respondent, 30 people of the respondents held
collected from references such as designation of the respondent a masters. All in all, it can be seen
reference books, journals, articles and working experience of the majority of the total respondents
and some from electronic sources, respondents either within company’s are degree graduates who are
websites. organisation or within construction practising in quantity surveying
industry. The findings on the firms in Malaysia. None of them
Phase 2: Primary Data Collection respondent’s gender information are from ‘others’ qualification. The
The questionnaire for the survey shows that most of the respondents designation of respondent was
was distributed to 200 numbers were female which concluded 75% taken into consideration because the
of quantity surveyors working in (108) of the total respondents. Male data has a significant impact on the
consultant’s firm in Federal Territory respondents concluded 25% (36) result of the survey. It shows that
of Kuala Lumpur through email and from the total of 144 respondents. the respondent’s high-level position
by walk-in to the organisations. Respondents who were age 20-30 is commonly due to their increased
However, only 144 respondents out years old shows the uppermost experience in the construction
of 200 samples have responded percentage which was 126 numbers industry, with experience leading to
to the questionnaire survey, which of respondents (88%). Then there the viability of the collected data.
indicate 72% responses. were 12 numbers of respondents The highest percentage was 13%
(8%) age 31 to 40 years old and (120) which was Quantity Surveyor,
Phase 3: Data Analysis the lowest was 6 numbers of followed by Senior Quantity Surveyor
The data collected was analysed respondents (4%) age 41 to 50 years with 13% (18) and Technical
using Social Science Statistical old. The qualification of respondents Assistant QS which determined as
Packages (SPSS) version 22.0. was to identify the academic others with 3% (4). The lowest was
Statistical SPSS software was background of each respondent and Principle/Director with 1% (2). The
used to test the reliability of the the different perspective from them results certainly have an important
towards the subject of this research. effect on the data collected. The data

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