© 2006 SHRM SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 21, 2006 Ethics - Held Accountable to Ethics Standards Sample comprised of 458 randomly selected HR professionals. Analyzing 458 of s sent, s were received (response rate = 17%). Survey fielded March 21 – March 27, 2006; presentation generated on April 4, Margin of error is +/- 5%.

© 2006 SHRM SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 21, 2006 How strongly do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? Strongly agree Agree Neither agree nor disagree Strongly disagree Disagree a. Employees are held accountable if they violate my organization’s ethics standards. (n=458) 40%47%8%5%0% b. Managers are held accountable if they violate my organization’s ethics standards. (n=458) 41%42%9%7%1% Note: Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding

© 2006 SHRM SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 21, 2006 Held Accountable to Ethics Standards HR Professionals were somewhat more likely to agree that both employees (87% “strongly agree” or “agree”) and managers (83% “strongly agree” or “agree”) are held accountable in their organizations compared to 2003 survey results (employees, 74% “strongly agree” or “agree” and managers, 69% “strongly agree” or “agree”) This increase could be attributed to the high media coverage of ethics misconducts of recent years.

© 2006 SHRM SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 21, 2006 Held Accountable to Ethics Standards Employees Managers Note: Percentages may not total 100% due to rounding

© 2006 SHRM SHRM Weekly Online Survey: March 21, 2006 Held Accountable to Ethics Standards by Organization Size Size of Organization Question Number of Respondents Strongly agree Agree Neither agree nor disagree Disagree Strongly disagree Small (0-99) Employees %22%39%55%12%14%6%9%2%1% Managers %23%36%46%10%16%7%14%3%1% Medium ( ) Employees %27%47%45%8%13%6%14%0%2% Managers %22%41%47%9%13%8%15%1%3% Large (500 and over) Employees %23%50%51%5%14%3%7%0%5% Managers %26%48%44%7%12%6%13%1%5%