Surveyors' perspectives on ethics in organisational culture

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 438-449

  Liu, Anita M M ^a   Fellows, Richard ^a   Ng, Jess ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Organizational culture; Professional ethics; Surveying

Indexed keywords

CODES (STANDARDS); DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ETHICAL CODES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; SURVEYORS;

SURVEYING;

EID: 9144268426     PISSN: 09699988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09699980410570193     Document Type: Article

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