Nonprofit Resource Center: Survey 2008 Individuals

Individual Employee Survey

Today's Date is 02/05/2012

Welcome to the Nonprofit Resource Center's 2008 Ethics Survey.

Please input the 5-digit Organization Code provided by your employer

Please indicate your response to each of the following questions using the following responses:

1. The organization's code of ethics or conduct (or equivalent policy, such as a policy in the personnel manual) clearly communicates the organization's commitment to ethical behavior in the workplace.

2. Through training, meetings, written communications, or a code of ethics itself, I have been provided with meaningful guidance regarding what behavior is appropriate or inappropriate in performing my job.

3. As a group, the senior level management of the organization seems genuinely committed to establishing and maintaining a culture of ethical workplace behavior.

4. My immediate supervisor places a lot of emphasis on ethical behavior.

5. The senior level management of the organization behaves ethically in the performance of their jobs.

6. My immediate supervisor behaves ethically in the performance of his/her job.

7. I am expected to strictly comply with organizational policies and procedures in the performance of my job.

8. To the best of my knowledge, exceptions to the organization's financial policies and procedures are made very rarely or not at all.

9. I have never been asked by organizational personnel to make an exception to financial policies or procedures.

10. I have never been asked or pressured to engage in behavior that violates the organization's code of ethics.

11. I have never observed unethical behavior on the part of an employee of this organization.

12. I have never participated in unethical behavior in the organization.

13. If I observed unethical behavior on the part of a co-worker, I would report it to the appropriate authority in the organization or the organization's ethics hotline without fear of reprisal.

14. If someone in the organization participated in unethical behavior, it would probably be detected and punished.

15. When unethical behavior has been identified in the organization, senior management's response and any resulting disciplinary action have been appropriate, given the nature of the behavior.

Finally, please provide the following information about yourself:

1. Your age:

2. Your sex:

3. Years with your current employer:

4. What is your reporting level with respect to senior management?

5. What is the highest level of education you have achieved?