Corruption in the construction industry: a review of recent literature

Monteiro, Barbara Kelch; Masiero, Gilmar; Souza, Flávia Renata de

doi:10.1080/15623599.2020.1823588

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“…In addition, PTP has a greater impact on fraudulent attitudes than PTS. Due to the fierce competition in the construction industry, people easily perceive threats such as loss of profits (Brown and Loosemore, 2015) and short-term reduction in competitiveness (Monteiro et al. , 2020).…”

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A cognitive model for understanding fraudulent behavior in construction industry

Deng

Mahmoudi

2021

ECAM

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PurposePrevious fraud studies focused on the influence of external environmental factors rather than the actor's own cognition or psychological factors. This paper aims to explore the influence of cognitive factors on people's intention to commit fraud in the construction industry.Design/methodology/approachA scenario-based questionnaire survey was conducted with 248 Chinese construction practitioners. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to analyze the data.FindingsThe findings showed that perceived threat possibility and perceived threat severity positively affected people's attitudes towards fraud. The reward for compliance and response cost had adverse effects on people's attitudes. Attitude towards fraud and response efficacy directly influenced people's intentions to commit fraud.Research limitations/implicationsThe limitations of this study are that only behavioral intention data were collected, and a single scenario was designed. Despite these limitations, this study proposed a cognitive model to understand fraud in the construction industry and provided an empirical analysis using data from Chinese construction practitioners.Originality/valueThis study reveals the impact of cognitive factors on fraud in the construction industry. The results expand the understanding of fraud and propose a cognitive intervention framework to reduce fraud.

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A cognitive model for understanding fraudulent behavior in construction industry

Deng

Mahmoudi

2021

ECAM

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“…Damha focuses on its society stakeholder with several compliance and transparency targets, that connects them with SDG 16 targets. Emerging economies are is historically vulnerable to corruption (Krishnamurti et al, 2018;Xu et al, 2019;Tafolli & Grabner-Kräuter, 2020), and Brazilian construction industry is no different (Monteiro et al, 2020). In the past few decades the construction industry has been in the spotlight for fighting corruption, with companies that are responsible for large shares of Brazilian GDP being plagued by scandals involving state capture, bribery and other public procurement frauds (Valarini and Pohlmann, 2019;Saad-Filho and Boffo, 2021).…”

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Corporate social responsibility in emerging markets: Opportunities and challenges for sustainability integration

Cezarino

Liboni

Hunter

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Journal of Cleaner Production

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“…This is a problem that affects many countries in Africa including Malawi (Chiocha 2009) and Kenya (Dindi et al 2018; Githui 2012), South Africa (Othman 2012) and Zambia (Mukumbwa and Muya 2013). However, it is imperative to note that the problem of professional misconduct in the construction sector has been raised in many other places in the world (Monteiro, Masiero and de Souza 2020). As much as this justifies the need for regulation of professionals involved in construction activities it is rare to find literature that questions whether the regulatory mechanisms put in place meet their noble intention as Carter, Spence and Muzio (2015) had envisaged.…”

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Assessing Capture Risks in the Regulatory Mechanism: Insights from Kenya’s Regulation of Professionals in the Construction Labour Market

K'Akumu

2022

Journal of Infrastructure Development

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The article draws academic attention to capture risks in the regulatory statutes that may lead to capture by regulators. It takes a practical outlook of Kenya for empirical demonstration of the statute-based capture risks. The article uses the Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) framework to identify the risk factors in the regulatory environment for professions involved in real estate development, that is, architects, engineers and quantity surveyors. The OECD Reference Checklist for Regulatory Decision-making is used as a reference point in identifying risk analysis as a candidate of inclusion in the checklist for purposes of improvement in regulatory outcomes. Document analysis is used to make observations on the statutes and generate data for qualitative analysis and interpretation. Capture risks are identified in terms of composition of regulatory boards that include powerful public servants. Exclusion of relevant stakeholders in the regulation of professions, inclusion of extraprofessional regulations and uncontrolled legislative powers are other sources of risk of regulatory capture. The article gives central focus to the capture by regulators. Existing regulatory capture literature predominantly consider regulatory capture by private or special interest groups.

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Corruption in the construction industry: a review of recent literature

Cited by 21 publications

References 35 publications

A cognitive model for understanding fraudulent behavior in construction industry

A cognitive model for understanding fraudulent behavior in construction industry

Corporate social responsibility in emerging markets: Opportunities and challenges for sustainability integration

Assessing Capture Risks in the Regulatory Mechanism: Insights from Kenya’s Regulation of Professionals in the Construction Labour Market

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