Overview

While ethical issues have been examined in conjunction with many business contexts, the area of real estate and ethics has, at best, received only minimal treatment. Given that real estate transactions represent one of the largest single expenditures by businesses and households, and recognizing that real estate holdings represent a major portion of wealth portfolios worldwide, this lack of coverage is conspicuous by its absence. The goal of this book is to begin rectifying this situation. By offering fifteen essays addressing the central issue of ethics and real estate from a wide variety of perspectives, the contributors seek to encourage a dialogue that is lively and, at times, provocative. The authors include academics and professional practitioners, and collectively represent five countries and many diverse disciplines. Drawing from both empirical and conceptual frameworks, the chapters are divided into five main sections: 1) policy issues, 2) industry practice, 3) environmental issues, 4) ethical issues involving transactions, and 5) ethical issues involving tenants. Taken together these essays offer a challenging point of departure for considering the important interaction of ethical issues in real estate theory and practice.

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Author:   Stephen E. Roulac
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Volume:   5
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.520kg
ISBN:  

9781441950499

ISBN 10:   1441950494
Pages:   318
Publication Date:   08 December 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I Policy Issues.- 1 Being Right—in Speech, Action, and Livelihood—in Property Involvements.- 2 Ethical Choice in Real Estate Selected Perspectives from Economies, Psychology, and Sociology.- 3 Professionalism: The Market for Services and Real Estate.- 4 Toward a Common Perception of Ethical Behavior in Real Estate.- II Industry Practice.- 5 “And Their Right Hand Is Full of Bribes”: Corruption and Real Estate.- 6 Ethics in Real Estate: Does the German Real Estate Industry Need A Code of Conduct to Support the Implementation of Ethics?.- 7 Ethics as Economically Influenced: A Preliminary Test.- 8 “War Is When They Kill Your Children”: Ethics and Modern Property Development.- III Environmental Issues.- 9 Good Intentions, Poor Execution: Ethical Dilemmas of the Superfund Legislation.- 10 “Brownfields”: Are They an Ethical Solution to a Major Urban Pollution Problem?.- IV Ethical Issues in the Context of Transactions.- 11 Ethical Standards for Buyers and Sellers of Real Estate.- 12 Ethical Codes of Conduct for Business Simplified: The Case of the National Association of Realtors.- 13 An Empirical Analysis of Real Estate Brokerage Ethics.- V Tenants and Ethics.- 14 Sexual Harassment of Tenants in Rental Housing: An Ethical and Legal Debate in the Wake of the Shellhammer and Gnerre Cases.- 15 The Normative Aspects of Rent Control.

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