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Cities of Integrity Survey 2020

South Africa, Zambia, 2020
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AFR_2020_COIS_v01_M
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African Centre for Cities, Center for Urban Research and Planning
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Data file: zaf-cois-2020-stata15.dta

Data collected using Cities of Integrity Survey questionnaire.

Cases: 211
Variables: 107

Variables

timestamp
Time stamp
age
What is your age?
gender
What is your gender?
q1
In which field have you been trained?
q2
What is your highest level of education?
q3
Where did your highest professional planning training take place?
q4
How long have you worked in the urban development sector?
q5
In which country are you currently primarily practicing?
q6
In what sector are you currently working (check all that apply)?
q7
How often at work are you asked to ignore or violate rules, policies, or procedu
q8
How often at work are you required to use your expertise to manufacture pre-orda
q9
How often at work do you believe you will be demoted, reassigned, or otherwise p
q10
Do you ever feel that you are being physically or emotionally threatened for per
q11
How often at work do developers or other interested parties offer you money or o
q12
How often at work are infrastructure projects intentionally directed towards ben
q13
How often at work are public contracting and procurement rules not properly foll
q14
How often at work do colleagues, superiors or senior officials with active plann
q15
Do you ever find yourself in a position where you are working on two sides of a
q16
How often: Public consultations are token exercises and their outcomes are large
q17_issue1
Issue: [Too little time/resources]
q17_issue2
Issue: [No support from management or colleagues]
q17_issue3
Issue: [No support from public or private clients]
q17_issue4
Issue: [Issues with other public bodies/processes]
q17_issue5
Issue: [Difficult/unclear planning laws]
q17_issue6
Issue: [Language barriers or cultural differences]
q18
Issues not listed in Q17
q19
Agree or disagree: My professional training has equipped me with the adequate kn
q20
How likely is it that urban planners or other urban development practitioners re
q21_allanswers
If you responded unlikely or very unlikely to the previous question, please spec
q21_ans1
Answered: Would be implicated
q21_ans2
Answered: Do not know where and how to report
q21_ans3
Answered: Corruption too difficult to prove
q21_ans4
Answered: Wouldn't make a difference
q21_ans5
Answered: Reporting is burdensome/expensive
q21_ans6
Answered: Afraid of negative consequences
q21_ans7
Answered: Corruption is normal
q22
How likely is it that YOU would be willing to report an incident of corruption a
q23
If you responded "Somewhat likely" or "Very likely" to the previous question, to
q24
Have you reported an incident of corruption or ethical failing in your work befo
q25
If you responded Yes to Question 24, was it followed up properly and effectively
q26
If you responded Yes to Question 24, did you experience negative consequences?
q27_allanswers
When you are confronted with an ethical dilemma in performing your job, who do y
q27_ans1
Answered: Co-workers
q27_ans2
Answered: Family or friends
q27_ans3
Answered: Superior
q27_ans4
Answered: Colleagues or mentors from professional group
q27_ans5
Answered: Religious leader
q27_ans6
Answered: No one - I work it out myself
q28
Who do you turn to the most?
q29
Agree or disagree: Applicable rules and regulations in urban development are lar
q30
Agree or disagree: Land is frequently being illegally appropriated by powerful i
q31
Agree or disagree: Local government is run by a few big players looking out for
q32
Agree or disagree: Public consultation and participation are very often just for
q33
Agree or disagree: Public officials often have conflicts of interest due to thei
q34
Agree or disagree: There is a lack of disclosure regarding the financial or pers
q35
Who is benefitting most from urban development programmes?
q36
Over the past year, the level of corruption in urban development has:
q37_corrupt1
How clean/corrupt are: Local politicians
q37_corrupt2
How clean/corrupt are: National/provincial politicians
q37_corrupt3
How clean/corrupt are: Senior officials in local government
q37_corrupt4
How clean/corrupt are: Senior officials in national/provincial government
q37_corrupt5
How clean/corrupt are: Developers
q37_corrupt6
How clean/corrupt are: Other planners
q38
Agree or disagree: Small bribes do not do much harm, they just help to grease th
q39
Accepting a bribe while executing one’s duties is:
q40
Is it ok for someone to work on two sides of a matter
q41
How ethical do you consider yourself in comparison to your peers?
q42
Agree or disagree: Making a difference in society means more to me than personal
q43
Agree or disagree: I believe in putting duty before self
q44
Agree or disagree: I wanted to become a planner because I wanted to serve the pu
q45
Agree or disagree: There should be tighter controls on private developments to p
q46
Agree or disagree: Planners should primarily focus on developing technically cor
q47
Agree or disagree: Planners are trained to anticipate the needs of local communi
q48
Agree or disagree: Planners should work within the rules of their firm/departmen
q49
Agree or disagree: The planner's job is to assist in achieving their client's ob
q50
Agree or disagree: I wanted to become a planner because I am interested in shapi
q51_attribute1
Importance of [Technical expertise]
q51_attribute2
Importance of [Ability to follow orders]
q51_attribute3
Importance of [Integrity]
q51_attribute4
Importance of [Management ability]
q51_attribute5
Importance of [Social skills to related to people]
q51_attribute6
Importance of [Political awareness]
q51_attribute7
Importance of [Sense of public mission]
q51_attribute8
Importance of [Creativity]
q52_statement1
Agree with: [I fully understand what is expected of me as a planner in terms of
q52_statement2
Agree with: [The organisation I work for rewards employees who exhibit ethical b
q53
Are you subject to a professional code of conduct?
q54_allanswers
If you responded Yes to Question 53, which entities have promulgated a professio
q54_ans1
Answered: Government
q54_ans2
Answered: Government authorized professional associations
q54_ans3
Answered: Private professional association
q54_ans4
Answered: Work firm, office or department
q54_ans5
Answered: Don't know or can't answer
q55
If you responded Yes to Question 53, how useful do you find the professional cod
q56
If you responded Yes to Question 53, why was or wasn't the professional code of
q57
Do planning associations have a role to play when it comes to addressing corrupt
q58_allanswers
If you responded Yes to Question 57, what are the main functions the association
q58_ans1
Answered: Provide training on ethics and integrity for practicing planners
q58_ans2
Answered: Develop and promote a good code of conduct
q58_ans3
Answered: Support whistle-blowers
q58_ans4
Answered: Discipline bad behaviours
q58_ans5
Answered: Host discussions about values in planning and how to develop them furt
q59_activity1
Carry out: [Provide training on ethics and integrity for practicing planners]
q59_activity2
Carry out: [Develop and promote a good code of conduct]
q59_activity3
Carry out: [Support whistle-blowers]
q59_activity4
Carry out: [Discipline bad behaviour]
q59_activity5
Carry out: [Host discussions about values in planning and how to develop them fu
Total: 107
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