Ethics encompasses moral principles and values that enable us to do the right things. Ethics include honesty, fairness, impartiality, expertise, and confidentiality. Any unethical behavior can have adverse implications for the organization.
91 Processes/818 Activities analysed in 3 Design functions
This blog supplements my first book, Ethics in the Real Estate and Hospitality Industry, published in June 2022. In the book, author analysed three design functions—architectural design, interior design, and MEP design—from an ethical perspective. If these 818 key business activities are not performed diligently and professionally, these can hurt the organisation in the form of adverse impacts.
The adverse impacts have been categorized as any one of three types below or a combination thereof and marked as ① or ② or ③
① Quality of design or quality of construction or project costs or customer satisfaction or revenue of the company as relevant.
② Statutory or regulatory compliances
③ Efficiency or effectiveness of the design process
This book contains 18 chapters and 53 supporting annexes in support of the author’s observations. In addition, there are 44 annexes, which are also posted in the website .
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Table 1-Key Design Activities in Building Design functions =545
Type of activities | Design of Architecture | Design of Interiors | Design of MEP | Combined for 3 functions |
Developing Core Designs | 118 | 37 | 70 | 225 |
Incorporating Statutory requirements in Designs & Drawings | 37 | 9 | 10 | 56 |
Developing Configuration tables for Design functions | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Developing master data tables for Design functions | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
Assigning access rights to each category of Designer | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 |
Developing Coding schemes for Designs & Drawings, Bills of materials, etc | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
Developing Key performance indicators -for Designers | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
Document management systems-Hard copies of Designs & Drawings | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
Document management systems-soft copies of Designs & drawings | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
SOP-Design functions | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 |
Total Design activities | 243 | 134 | 168 | 545 |
Table 2-Key Supporting Activities in Building Design functions =273
Type of activities | Design of architecture | Design of interiors | Design of MEP | Combined for 3 functions |
Risk assessment | 41 | 41 | 41 | 123 |
Designer’s traceability | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |
Audit trails of designer’s activities | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 |
Budgeting -Design functions | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
MIS/Dashboard design functions | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Financial approvals | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
Total supporting Activities | 91 | 91 | 91 | 273 |
Total of all activities=818 (545+273)
A comprehensive narration of these activities and their impact is available in the handbook – “Ethics in the Real Estate and Hospitality Industry – Volume 1”
Many blogs have been written vis a vis above activities based on highlights from 18 chapters and shall be posted on the website one by one.