Eliminating Corruption in Our Engineering/Construction Industry
Publication: Leadership and Management in Engineering
Volume 9, Issue 3
Abstract
The public works/engineering/construction sector has been identified as the most corrupt sector in the world. For a long time the industry had no concerted plan to attack the problem, but in the late 1990s several events happened that have given rise to the industry’s most far-reaching effort to address corruption. Efforts are underway by world governments, engineering/construction organizations, and individuals to combat corruption and conduct business in an honest, transparent, and fair manner. In this article we discuss the magnitude of corruption in the industry, describe the most common types of corruption, identify actions being taken to eliminate corruption in the industry, and explain what individuals can do to address the problem.
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Transparency International. (2008). “Transparency International bribe payers’ index, 2008.” ⟨http://www.transparency.org/policy_research/surveys_indices/bpi/bpi_2008⟩.
Biographies
Maarten de Jong is the director of Ethics and Business Integrity Services in The Netherlands. He can be reached by e-mail at [email protected]. William P. Henry is a retired water resources engineer in Sequin, Wash. He is a past president of ASCE and past chair of the American Association of Engineering Societies. He is a member of the anticorruption standing committee of the World Federation of Engineering Organizations and cochair of the Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council anticorruption committee. He can be reached by e-mail at [email protected]. Neill Stansbury is the co-coordinator of the U.K. Anticorruption Forum. He can be reached by e-mail at [email protected].
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Leadership and Management in Engineering
Volume 9 • Issue 3 • July 2009
Pages: 105 - 111
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© 2009 ASCE.
History
Received: Nov 20, 2008
Accepted: Feb 11, 2009
Published online: Jun 15, 2009
Published in print: Jul 2009
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