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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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N = 90

N = 82

N = 41

N = 29

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