Corruption and Internal Fraud in the Turkish Construction Industry

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 505-528

  Gunduz, Murat ^a   Önder, Oytun ^b  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Ernst and Young   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Construction industry; Corruption; Internal fraud

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; DECEPTION; ETHICS; FRAUD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ETHICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DATA COLLECTION; DECEPTION; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FRAUD; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TURKEY;

EID: 84878282163     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-012-9356-9     Document Type: Article

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