IES Coalition now over 100 members
The interest in the IES Coalition continues to grow with more applications every week See the full list of IES Coalition organisations As you will see from the map (city […]
The interest in the IES Coalition continues to grow with more applications every week See the full list of IES Coalition organisations As you will see from the map (city […]
José Carlos Martins President of the Brazilian Chamber of the Construction Industry (Câmara Brasileira da Indústria da Construção – CBIC), tells us about Brazil’s construction industry and efforts to prepare […]
The IES Coalition is delighted to announce the winners of the Communicating Ethics competition. The Coalition created the competition to ask students and young professionals to help answer some big […]
VW, FIFA and Enron — you can’t ignore the stories. Get ethics wrong and we’re not just talking about reputational damage, we’re talking about huge fines which corporations have to pay […]
With the consultation on the draft international ethics standard now open, the IES Coalition challenge the top three myths about what a global ethics standard means for land, real estate, […]
Respect, responsibility, trust and transparency. How do these principles apply across land, property, construction and infrastructure in different world regional markets? The consultation on the International Ethics Standards opens today […]
Ethical scandals in different companies and sectors dominated world news headlines in 2015. These high profile media stories can ruin the reputations of individuals and organisations. Although companies can be nervous about […]
Governments, building organisations and funding agencies yesterday launched the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction, a worldwide building network aiming to drastically reduce the sectors’ greenhouse gas emissions. The Alliance […]
Capturing thought-provoking ideas from built environment students and young professionals around the world is the aim of a new competition which launches today. The IES Coalition’s Communicating Ethics competition is […]
Protecting and promoting human rights continues to pose a number of challenges for business, according a briefing paper recently released by the Institute of Business Ethics (IBE). The paper provides […]
Changing moral values in college students can pose challenges for teaching business ethics. In her second article for the IES Coalition, Dr. Barbara A. Ritter Dean, Wall College of Business, […]
Jeremy Kelly, Director of Global Research Programmes, JLL tells us how poor real estate transparency not only hinders inward investment, but also has deep impacts on the quality of life […]
The increasing pace of globalization since the 1970s has in many ways done a world of good, writes Dr. Barbara A. Ritter Dean, Wall College of Business, Coastal Carolina University. […]
A: IES Coalition Trustees tell us in 50 words or less what ethics means to their organisations and members. “Ethical behaviour is a precondition of fair game in valuation, as […]
The IES Coalition has announced the selection of its committee of independent global experts who will write the first high level ethics principles for real estate professionals. Included in the […]
‘There are an estimated 110 million formal construction workers across the globe. An equivalent number is working informally (mainly in supply chains) and therefore most vulnerable to human rights abuses.’ […]
What impact will issues of human rights, corruption or the environment have on local, or global real estate businesses? The United Nations Global Compact has been working with RICS on […]
Younger and older generations display different attitudes towards business ethics, according to a briefing paper issued by the Institute of Business Ethics (IBE). ‘Business Ethics Across Generations’ shows interesting variations […]
“Clear, well-understood codes (of conduct) contribute to the greater good.” Mark Carney, chairman of the G20’s Financial Stability Board, previous Governor of the Bank of Canada and current Governor of […]
Seven out of 10 institutional investors would turn down a co-investment opportunity if the social or environmental risks were too high, research carried out by PwC has found. The firm’s […]
Setting ethics standards for 2.5 million accountants globally is a crucial role performed by the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA). In this article, Ken Siong, Technical Director for […]
It is now a mandatory requirement for 90,000 bankers in the Netherlands to swear on an ethical oath. In many countries, high profile media exposure of ethical scandals in the […]
An article in the UK’s Sunday Times newspaper, ‘Ethics v profit: the fight goes on’, features global infrastructure, energy, construction and FM company Carillion. Operating in diverse markets around the […]
Real estate is a global industry, but how certain can we be that the ethical behaviours of professionals are consistent around the world? In the lead feature for May’s Modus […]
RCG_News_01-2015_IES_KBW1.pdf – web upload 2 Die ICG arbeitet aktuell an einem internationalen Projekt unter dem Dach der Vereinten Nationen mit, welches einen weltweiten Ethikstandard für die Immobilienbranche publizieren soll.
Coalition member, US-based International Rights of Way Association (IRWA), feature IES as a lead article in the January / February 2015 edition of their magazine. IRWA_article_on_IES