Professional Ethics Practice In Construction Companies in Jimma Ethiopia

Ethical practice trend was in a low level. The frameworks of the companies for ethical practice is poor. There major challenges were less emphasis given to ethics, poor government, contradiction between market and ethics, andcolleagues pressure to commit corruption. The major unethical practices were bribery and theft followed by hiding quality defects, non-receipt procurement, nepotism and favoritism, fraud in recites and documents, discrimination, theft and fraud, and coercion. These unethical practices were triggered majorly by high price of local construction materials, burdened bid process and unfair tax, and poor management support to employees (lack ofethical education & training) in the study area. The major outcomes of these unethical practices were low performance and damaged company reputation. The obedience to code of professional ethics/ CoE found to be low in construction companies in Jimma.