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Ethics In Construction Industry Essay

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Ethics and architecture industry
Considering individual profession and focusing on the industry of UAE, it has been witnessed that the architecture are not only talented in the construction and designing of the building but also have the highest ethical caliber. However, the most common types of unethical behavior in the architecture industry are as follows:
There is an involvement of conflict of interest
The project management are somehow misleading for the clients
There are false promises with respect to work advancements by the architects
The clients are charged for the work that is not done or the cost that is not incurred
There is an over exaggeration of experiences and achievements in academics in the resumes and commission application
Stealing someone else’s drawing and concealing the error of construction (Huston, Lahbash & Parsa, 2015)
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It is however, very important to underscore the difference between being self-referential and contemporary as the aim is to exploit or serve the present. Being an architect, it is important to observe the existing condition of the places which are specified with the intention to alter them, act upon them and then leave them memorable (Nur Syamimi & Mohyin, 2013).
There are certain factors which are taken into consideration when the architecture industry is studied in the UAE. The first and the most important aspect relates to the human rights and the social responsibility of the architecture. The company should be committed to social responsibility and should have complete edge over the working conditions, the health and safety and the wellbeing of the employees in the organization (El-Sayegh, 2008). They should have high standards of corporate governance to be able to build a successful business along with responsible

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