Unethical practices in Nigerian construction industry: Prospective engineers' viewpoint

A survey on some unethical practices in the Nigerian construction industry is presented. A twenty-item questionnaire tagged 'Engineering Ethics Scale' (EEE) is designed. The questionnaires were administered to 200 prospective civil and structural engineering students at the University of Benin, Nigeria. In the Nigerian civil/structural engineering training program, every student undergoes three months of industrial attachment in the construction industry each year from the first to the third year and six months industrial attachment during the fourth year. The study has called for a refocus on engineering practices in Nigeria. The increasing numbers of dilapidated structures, abandoned projects, and collapsed structures are grim evidence of the corrupt practices that have pervaded deep into the engineering industry.