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SHRM Weekly Online Poll: January 11, 2005

Question of the Week - Tsunami Disaster Relief

• Analyzing 338 responses of 2,111 emails sent, 2,024 received (response rate = 16.7%).

• Fielded January 11-19, 2005; presentation generated on January 19, 2005.

• Overall margin of error is +/- 5.4%

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SHRM Weekly Online Poll: January 11, 2005

What, if anything, is your organization doing or planning to do to help with relief efforts to aid victims of the tsunami disaster? (please select all that apply.)

10.7%

0.0%

2.7%

2.7%

3.3%

19.2%

19.5%

20.1%

20.7%

42.9%

Other

Proceeds from Products

Technical Expertise

Assistance to Staff

Providing Supplies

Organizational Financial Contributions

Encouraging Employee Donations

Organizing Employee Donations

Matching employee contributions

Nothing

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SHRM Weekly Online Poll: January 11, 2005

What, if anything, is your organization doing or planning to do to help with relief efforts to aid victims of the tsunami disaster? (please select all that apply.)

Choice Count Percent of Sample

At this time, my organization has not contributed to relief efforts in any way and has no plans to do so

145 42.9%

Matching employee contributions (e.g., dollar for dollar match) 70 20.7%

Organizing employee donations to relief/aid agencies 68 20.1%

Encouraging employees to donate individually without organizational involvement

66 19.5%

Providing financial contributions as an organization (excluding or in addition to employee contributions)

65 19.2%

Providing proceeds from products sold 0 0.0%

Providing supplies (e.g., food, medicine, technology, etc.) 11 3.3%

Assistance to staff impacted by the disaster 9 2.7%

Providing technical expertise and/or trained staff to help with efforts 9 2.7%

Other 36 10.7%

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Other (specify)

• At the University, we are focusing on the students who are from the area. We have counselors etc to help them with grief counseling etc.

• Blood Drive• Plan to evaluate donation opportunity after initial rush has passed. So

action is pending.• Collecting EE donations and matching up to $5000• I have not been advised as to what efforts the company is doing at this

time toward the disaster. Thank you.• I'm not in the loop. Secretive Director• Matching employee contributions to a maximum corporate match of

$75,000• As a state university, we cannot contribute monetarily to the relief efforts,

but many of the employee and/or student organizations on campus are working to provide supplies and/or financial contributions.

• Not known• None, we give significant contributions from company and employees

through Louisville Metro United Way.

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Other (specify), cont’d.

• 3:1 company match to qualified relief organizations• Canisters in 7-Eleven Stores• Provides medical care• Logistics assistance also• Allowing leave time to staff members that want to travel to the area to

assist. i.e.: Emergency Room Doctor. • Match by building management for all tenants• Working telethon• Have not discussed it.• Event to raise donations• Red Cross donation• Providing ways for Customers & Employees to contribute• Providing air transportation (cargo and passenger) to relief organizations• $500M corporate donation, up to $500M matching funds, cases of

healthcare products gloves masks etc provided .• Independent Contractor - N/A

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Other (specify), cont’d.

• Offered free product• Organizing donations from students attending our schools• encouragement to use personal charities• Other than checking on the whereabouts of our students, staff, MIT has

not yet initiated efforts. I would encourage an employee contribution match but I have yet to see this.

• Cashing in donated accrued leave time as requested by employees. Cash conversion then donated to relief organization

• Key effort for my organization (US Navy) is transportation of supplies/food/medical needs

• I really cannot speak for them because I am the HR assistant and don't have too much say

• Jeans for charity day w/some matching funds