Assessment of the Relationship between Ethical Decision-Making and Human Dimensions of Construction Students

9 pages•Published: May 15, 2022

Rebecca Kassa, Omar Maali, Brian Lines, Jake Smithwick and Kenneth Sullivan

Abstract

The construction industry could enormously benefit from the young graduates starting their professional journey well equipped with the necessary ethical principles. This study mainly intended to see if there is a relationship between the personalities of construction engineering students and their views of ethics in the construction industry. It evaluated their perceptions of ethical practices in the industry along with their reactions to an unethical scenario of cost inflating payment games in a company. A total of 127 students from across three universities, University of Kansas, Arizona State University and University of North Carolina at Charlotte, participated in the study. The results showed that the students’ views of ethical principles are indeed related to some of their personality descriptors.

Keyphrases: construction industry, emotional intelligence, ethics, human dimensions, personality

In: Tom Leathem, Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud (editors). ASC2022. 58th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference, vol 3, pages 596-604.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/sDr6
	https://doi.org/10.29007/84vg

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{ASC2022:Assessment_Relationship_between_Ethical,
  author    = {Rebecca Kassa and Omar Maali and Brian Lines and Jake Smithwick and Kenneth Sullivan},
  title     = {Assessment of the Relationship between Ethical Decision-Making and Human Dimensions of Construction Students},
  booktitle = {ASC2022. 58th Annual Associated Schools of Construction International Conference},
  editor    = {Tom Leathem and Wes Collins and Anthony Perrenoud},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Built Environment},
  volume    = {3},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2632-881X},
  url       = {/publications/paper/sDr6},
  doi       = {10.29007/84vg},
  pages     = {596-604},
  year      = {2022}}

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