© 2005 SHRM

SHRM Weekly Online Survey: May 24, 2005

Ethics

• Sample comprised of 371 randomly selected HR professionals.

• Analyzing 371 responses of 2,102 emails sent, 2,039 emails received (response rate = 18%)

• Survey fielded May 24 – May 30, 2005; presentation generated on May 31, 2005.

• Margin of error is +/- 5%.

© 2005 SHRM

SHRM Weekly Online Survey: May 24, 2005

How strongly do you agree or disagree that organizations should take into account personal ethics (e.g., evidence of philandering, dishonesty, cheating, compulsive gambling, etc.) and people’s off-the-job behaviors when making the following decisions?

46%

38%

6%7%

2% 2%

8%8%

47%

35%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

Strongly Agree Agree Neither Agreenor Disagree

Disagree StronglyDisagree

Hiring Decisions

Promotion Decisions

© 2005 SHRM

SHRM Weekly Online Survey: May 24, 2005

How strongly do you agree or disagree that organizations should take into account personal ethics (e.g. evidence of philandering, dishonesty, cheating, compulsive gambling, etc.) and people’s off-the-job behaviors when making the following decisions?

Topic Strongly Agree

Agree Neither Agree nor Disagree

Disagree Strongly Disagree

Hiring Decisions

46.4% 38.0% 7.3% 6.2% 2.2%

Promotion Decisions

47.2% 34.7% 8.1% 7.9 2.2%