| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10* |
1) The ethics code serves as “window dressing” only in this organization. | 3.99 | 4.02 | 4.21 | 4.37 | 4.00 | 3.97 | 4.34 | 3.60 | 4.59 | 4.48 |
2) The average employee in this organization accepts the ethics code and its requirements. | 8.53 | 8.16 | 8.57 | 8.33 | 8.46 | 7.48 | 8.28 | 8.13 | 8.88 | 8.69 |
3) The ethics code is effective in discouraging unethical behavior in this organization. | 7.47 | 7.96 | 7.44 | 7.59 | 7.78 | 7.89 | 8.02 | 8.04 | 7.98 | 7.24 |
4) Employees in this organization perceive that people who violate the ethics code still get formal organizational rewards. | 4.83 | 5.39 | 5.21 | 5.33 | 4.91 | 5.03 | 5.27 | 5.82 | 5.13 | 4.60 |
5) The ethics code serves only to maintain the organization’s public image. | 4.42 | 4.47 | 4.45 | 4.87 | 4.27 | 4.46 | 5.11 | 4.48 | 4.17 | 4.09 |
6) The average employee in this organization is guided by ethics code every day. | 5.75 | 6.07 | 6.18 | 5.83 | 5.69 | 6.14 | 6.31 | 6.40 | 6.18 | 6.10 |
7) Ethics code requirements are consistent with informal organizational norms. | 8.06 | 8.02 | 8.05 | 7.74 | 7.81 | 7.82 | 7.52 | 8.33 | 8.56 | 7.97 |
8) The average employee in this organization fully understands ethics code and its requirements. | 6.87 | 6.80 | 7.17 | 6.19 | 6.78 | 6.43 | 6.84 | 6.93 | 6.93 | 7.45 |
9) Employees are required to acknowledge that they have read and understood the ethics code. | 9.83 | 9.61 | 9.80 | 9.70 | 9.95 | 10.23 | 9.36 | 10.02 | 9.77 | 9.74 |
10) Employees learn about the ethics code through required orientation and/or training. | 8.11 | 8.25 | 7.84 | 7.87 | 8.08 | 8.31 | 8.19 | 7.82 | 7.93 | 8.59 |
11) The organization has established procedures for employees to ask questions about ethics code requirements. | 6.88 | 6.57 | 6.20 | 6.73 | 6.96 | 6.81 | 5.96 | 6.01 | 6.32 | 5.72 |
12) Employees are regularly required to assert that their actions are in compliance with the ethics code. | 7.70 | 7.63 | 7.49 | 7.88 | 7.63 | 7.97 | 7.74 | 7.44 | 6.33 | 7.72 |
13) The code of conduct is widely distributed throughout the organization. | 8.55 | 8.06 | 8.40 | 8.55 | 8.68 | 8.46 | 8.06 | 7.99 | 8.24 | 8.60 |
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