Shrm poll ethics2010_final
Transcript of Shrm poll ethics2010_final
Ethics Officers in Organizations | ©SHRM 2010
Key Findings
• How integrated are ethics officers in the workplace? Nearly 50% of organizations
have an ethics officer or a professional in similar role, according to HR professionals.
Publicly owned for-profits (73%) were more likely than privately owned for-profits (36%)
to have this position in place.
• To whom do ethics officers report? 44% of organizations say that their ethics officer
reports to the organization’s top executive (e.g., president, CEO, chair, partner).
• What functional areas are ethics officers housed in? The HR department topped
the list of departments where ethics officers typically work within organizations.
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Yes, 48%No, 52%
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Does your organization have an ethics officer or a professional in a similar role?
Note: n = 392. Excludes respondents who answered “don’t know.”
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Does your organization have an ethics officer or a professional in a similar role?
• By Sector: Publicly owned for-profit organizations (73%) were more likely than privately owned for-profits (36%) to
report that their organizations have an ethics officer or a professional in a similar role.
• By Operations: Organizations with multinational operations (68%) were more likely than organizations with U.S.-
based operations (45%) to report that their organizations have an ethics officer or a professional in a similar role.
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Comparison by Organization’s Sector and Operations Location
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Which one of the following most closely matches the job title of the direct supervisor of the ethics officer or a professional in a similar role in your organization?
3%
1%
2%
2%
3%
3%
3%
3%
7%
10%
20%
44%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Other
Other C-suite executive
Board of directors
Ethics board/committee
HR director
Chief compliance officer
Chief operating officer
Chief finance officer
Vice president or assistant/associate vice president
Legal counsel
Chief human resources officer or chief human capital officer
President, chief executive officer, chair, partner or principal
5Note: n = 178. Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.
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In which department does your ethics officer or a professional in a similar role work?
4%
2%
2%
2%
8%
18%
22%
41%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50%
Other
Ethics
Quality management
Compliance
Finance and administration
Legal
Executive office
Human resources
6Note: n = 176. Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.
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Demographics: Organization Industry
Industry
Manufacturing—other 16%
Health care, social assistance (e.g., hospitals, clinics, doctor's offices, in-home care,
nursing homes, EAP providers, hospice) 12%
Services—professional, scientific, technical, legal, engineering 9%
Financial services (e.g., banking) 7%
Educational services/education (e.g., universities, schools) 7%
Government/public administration—federal, state/local, tribal 7%
Retail/wholesale trade 5%
Insurance 5%
Consulting 4%
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Note: n = 368. Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.
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Demographics: Organization Industry (continued)
Industry
Other services (e.g., other nonprofit, church/religious organizations) 3%
Construction, mining, oil and gas 3%
Publishing, broadcasting, other media 3%
High-tech 2%
Telecommunications 2%
Services—accommodation, food and drinking places 2%
Arts, entertainment, recreation 2%
Transportation, warehousing (e.g., distribution) 1%
Manufacturing—auto/auto-related 1%
Pharmaceutical 1%
Real estate, rental, leasing 1%
Utilities 1%
Biotech 1%
Association—professional/trade 1%
Other 5%
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Note: n = 368. Percentages do not total 100% due to rounding.
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Demographics: Organization Sector
3%
10%
17%
21%
49%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%
Other
Government sector
Nonprofit organization
Publicly owned for-profit organization
Privately owned for-profit organization
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Note: n = 367
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Demographics: Organization Staff Size
16%
28%
22%24%
10%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
1 to 99 employees 100 to 499 employees 500 to 2499 employees 2500 to 24999 employees
25000 or more employees
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Note: n = 180
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Demographics: Other
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Note: n = 391
U.S.-based operations 75%
Multinational operations 25%
Single-unit company:
A company in which the
location and the company
are one and the same.
36%
Multi-unit company:
A company that has more
than one location.
64%
Multi-unit headquarters determines
HR policies and practices
55%
Each work location determines HR
policies and practices
2%
A combination of both the work
location and the multi-unit
headquarters determine HR
policies and practices
44%
Is the organization a single-unit company or a
multi-unit company?
Are HR policies and practices determined by
the multi-unit corporate headquarters, by each
work location or both?
Does the organization have U.S.-based
operations (business units) only or
does it operate multinationally?
Note: n = 362
Note: n = 253
• 16% of organizations indicated that
employees at their work location were
unionized.
Note: n = 366
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SHRM Poll: Ethics Officer in Organization
• Response rate = 15%.
• Sample comprised of 392 randomly selected HR professionals with the job title of manager and above.
• Margin of error is +/- 5%.
• Survey fielded September 10 – September 21, 2010.
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Methodology
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