Abstract
The problem of this research is the existence of unethical professional issues and practices in the construction industry. It is important to identify and understand those types of unethical issues and practices in order to avoid and prevent ethical lapses. The research methodology is based on previous studies on the ethics of building construction and on tracking the professional ethical issues that have occurred in building construction in Saudi Arabia during the past ten years.
The research included analyzing case studies that were tracked and collected from several sources. Twenty (20) major cases were reviewed in construction projects to identify relevant ethical issues in construction projects in Saudi Arabia. The results indicate that there are many different types of ethical issues that occurred in building construction, which were classified as fraud and collusion. Fraud in forging documents got the highest percentage (%38), while the highest percentage of collusion was (%20) in conspiracy among professionals. These results indicate the need for more focus on improving ethical performance in the building construction sector through laws, education, government bodies and scientific societies