APPRAISING THE PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND THE POSSIBLE CHALLENGES FACED BY PRACTICING QUANTITY SURVEYORS IN GETTING COMMISSIONED.
Abstract
BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The Quantity Surveying professional code of conduct and ethics in addition to the general laws of Nigeria and constitution bye-laws are basis that guide the members of the Nigeria Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) to regulate the level of discipline/ skills/ behaviors of all categories of the membership of the institute and the registration board in the pursuance of the practice of the profession of Quantity Surveyors in Nigeria (NIQS 2000).
The code of conduct of the profession (Quantity Surveying) spells out some certain general practice rules under rule 1: Conduct Unbecoming, Clause 1:1:1 as:
Practitioner shall as much as possible have their services commissioned evidenced in writing setting out the conditions of engagement in line with institute’s current published conditions of engagement and consultancy services agreement or fee computation.
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