Gender: Male/Female

Age: Less than 25/ 25-35/35-45/45-55/more than 55

Q1. Please rate the acceptability of ten fairly common workplace practices to majority of employees.
(TA=Totally acceptable; FA=Fairly acceptable; NVA=Not very acceptable; TA FA NVA TUA DK
TUA=Totally unacceptable; and DK= Don’t know.)
1 Making personal phone calls from work
2 Taking pencils, pens like these from work
3 Posting personal mail from work
4 Using the internet for pleasure in work time
5 Coming late or leaving early without notice
6 Taking software home
7 Favoring family or friends when awarding contracts or recruiting
8 Using company petrol for personal mileage
9 Minor change of travel expenses
10 Charging personal entertainment to expenses

Q2. In your organization’s daily operations, compare last few years honesty is practiced...
Always Frequently Occasionally Rarely Never Don’t Know

Q3. Do you ever feel under pressure from your colleagues or manager to compromise your
organization’s standards of ethical business conduct?
Yes Sometimes No Never Don’t know

Q4. What were the pressures on employees to act unethically? [if it happens]
(TA=Totally acceptable; FA=Fairly acceptable; NVA=Not very acceptable; TA FA NVA TUA DK
TUA=Totally unacceptable; and DK= Don’t know.)
1 Pressure to meet unrealistic business objectives/targets
2 The prevalence of an unethical culture
3 Being asked to take shortcuts
4 Financial/budgeting pressures
5 Pressures due to a lack of staff
6 Wanting to help the organization survive
7 Time pressure
8 Peer/colleague pressure
9 Pressures (in general)
10 Need to follow bosses orders
11 Desire to save one’s job
12 Don’t know

Q5. to Q8.
Yes Some No Never Don’t
times know
5. Are you aware of misconduct practiced at workplace?
6. What type(s) of misconduct were you aware of
Stealing
Bullying/Harassment
Discrimination:
Race
Gender
Age
Fraud/Deception
 Safety violations
Misreporting hours worked
Illegal/Unethical practices
Abusive behavior
Improper hiring practices
People treated inappropriately/unethically/unfairly
7. Did you report any of your concerns to management,
another appropriate person or in any other way?
8. Were you satisfied with the outcome?

Q 9. Why didn’t you raise your concern? [If you do not raise the concern]
(TA=Totally acceptable; FA=Fairly acceptable; NVA=Not very acceptable; TA FA NVA TUA DK
TUA=Totally unacceptable; and DK= Don’t know.)
A It’s none of my business
B I didn’t believe corrective action would be taken
C I felt it might jeopardise my job
D I felt I might alienate myself from colleagues
E I felt I might alienate myself from colleagues
F I felt I would be seen as a troublemaker by management
G Other: Raised by someone else
H Everybody’s doing it
I Other: They already knew about it
J I didn’t know whom to contact
K Other
L Don’t know

Q 10. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following?

(TA=Totally acceptable; FA=Fairly acceptable; NVA=Not very acceptable; TA FA NVA TU DK
TUA=Totally unacceptable; and DK= Don’t know.) A
A My line manager sets a good example of ethical business behavior
B My line manager explains the importance of honesty and ethics in the
work we do.
C My line manager rewards employees who get good results even if they
use practices that are ethically questionable
D My line manager supports me in following my organization’s standards of
ethical behavior
E My organization disciplines employees who violate my organization’s
ethics standards
F My organization acts responsibly in all its business dealings (with
customers, clients, suppliers, etc.)
G My organization lives up to its stated policy of social responsibility
H Issues of right and wrong are discussed in staff meetings

Thanks