Investigating the Effectiveness of Response Strategies for Vulnerabilities to Corruption in the Chinese Public Construction Sector

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 683-705

  Shan, Ming ^a,b   Chan, Albert P C ^b   Le, Yun ^a   Hu, Yi ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

China; Corruption vulnerabilities; Public construction sector; Response strategies

Indexed keywords

BUILDING INDUSTRY; CHINA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ETHICS; HUMAN; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHINA; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; PUBLIC SECTOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84929708813     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 14715546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-014-9560-x     Document Type: Article

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