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2005 National Business Ethics Survey
More than half of American workers have observed at least one type of ethical misconduct in the workplace, a slight increase from 2003, despite an increase in worker's awareness of formal ethics programs, according to the 2005 National Business Ethics Survey (NBES) released today by the Ethics Resource Center. Employee reporting of misconduct they observe is also down by 10 percentage points. Despite the decrease in ethical conduct, according to the NBES report, "Ethics and compliance programs can and do make a difference. However, their impact is related to the culture in which they are situated."
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2003 National Business Ethics Survey
The 2003 National Business Ethics Survey (NBES) asked employees in the 48 contiguous states to share their views on ethics and compliance within their organizations. The broad concept of business ethics may defy easy summary, but the survey questions in this third NBES report are specific and focused. They combine to yield answers on matters relating to how employees distinguish right from wrong behavior in their work, the availability of resources to aid in making appropriate decisions, and the general practice of values like honesty and respect in the workplace.
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2000 National Business Ethics Survey
The 2000 National Business Ethics Survey (NBES) is a nationally representative telephone survey of 1,500 U.S. employees. The NBES asks employees about formal ethics programs as well as informal ethics practices in the organizations for which they work.
The printed copy of this publication is no longer available; a PDF copy will be available in 2005.
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Creating a Workable Company Code of Ethics
A tool that can help your organization develop and implement a code of ethical business conduct or revise existing standards and policies. The publication includes chapters on "Getting Started," "Code Structure," "Code Content" and "Monitoring and Enforcement."
1994 Ethics in American Business Survey
A landmark survey of more than 4,000 U.S. employees, Ethics in American Business discusses the effects of ethics programs on employee attitudes and behavior and serves as a baseline for comparing "best practices."
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Truth and Trust
A primer on surviving post-downsizing realities, Truth and Trust offers advice about how to overcome employee anger, resistance and guilt as well as how to encourage better work with fewer people.
