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PEER REVIEW
PEER REVIEW
The Malaysian Surveyor

Table 2: The overall ranking of ethical decision making with regards to ethical issues in the construction industry

Mean Ethical Issues Rank

3.96 Lack of quality control of work 1

3.79 Conflict of interest 2

3.75 Practice of cover pricing 3

3.75 Improper Bill of Quantities practices 4

3.75 Favouritism, discrimination and harassment 5
3.71 Practice of cover pricing 6

3.71 Compromising personal principles to favour organisation’s expectation 7

3.71 Improper bidding practices 8

3.67 Misrepresentation of financial status or records 9

3.67 Conspiring/collaborating to cover indecent practices of self, colleagues and superiors 10
3.67 Collusive tendering 11

3.63 High level of professional dishonesty 12

3.58 Unfair conduct 13

3.58 Poor in demonstrating good understanding of ethics 14

3.54 Bribery and corruption 15
3.50 Outright denial of fault 16

3.46 Failure to practice whistle-blowing 17

3.46 Conspiratorial with external forces to defraud the client 18

3.42 Illegal collaboration with other firms to detest statutory and procedural standards 19

3.42 Mishandle sensitive information 20

also may be common ethical discrimination may happen in the = 3.46) and conspiratorial with
issues in the construction industry situation of compromise to pressure external forces to defraud the client
based on the respondent’s by expressed threat to other correspondingly (Rank 18: mean
answers. There was a time when professional opinions and standards. = 3.46). Last but not least, illegal
quantity surveyor has falsified collaboration with other firms to
reports to favour selfish interest While the one of lowest five of detest statutory (Rank 19: mean = 3.
without considering professional ethical issues that impacted the 42) which the second least agreeable
implications and employer’s ethical decision making was outright statement and finally, procedural
requirements. That individual has denial of fault (Rank 16: mean = standards and mishandle sensitive
potential to cover systemic errors 3.50). Followed by failure to practice information (Rank 20: mean = 3. 42).
for unprofessional reasons. The whistle-blowing (Rank 17: mean

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