Citation
(2011), "Ethical Issues in Surveying Firms – Does Size Matter?", Structural Survey, Vol. 29 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/ss.2011.11029aae.010
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2011, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Ethical Issues in Surveying Firms – Does Size Matter?
Article Type: Recent publications From: Structural Survey, Volume 29, Issue 1
The College of Estate Management has published a research report looking at the way in which small and large surveying firms promote ethical behaviour and deal with ethical dilemmas. The work has been supported by the RICS Education Trust and the Guy Bigwood Trust. Some of the key findings include:
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there are differences in the way ethics are managed and communicated in small and large firms, but these differences of approach reflect their different characteristics and needs and do not imply differences in standards;
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ethics should not only be taught as part of professional education, but revisited through continuing professional development within a surveyor’s career; and
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the principles-based approach to regulating ethics adopted by RICS makes implicit that people and firms do things differently, but the same standards of performance should nevertheless be demanded.
The report is available as a download from the RICS web site.