Professional ethics in the South African construction industry - A pilot study

Queensland University of Technology Research Week International Conference, QUT Research Week 2005 - Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Pearl, Robert ^a   Bowen, Paul ^b   Makanjee, Nita ^b   Akintoye, Akintola ^c   Evans, Kathleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Built environment; Ethics; Profession; Professional; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; ETHICS; PROFESSION; PROFESSIONAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

COMPUTER CRIME; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CRIME; ENGINEERS; FORESTRY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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