EthicsStat: How Accountability Increases Reporting of Misconduct
Find out why employees are more likely to report again if they strongly agree accountability is present.
Accountability — Accepting and Ensuring Responsibility
Accountability is accepting or ensuring responsibility for decisions or actions, especially when those actions fail to live up to standards or core values. Accountability is tied with behaviors and attitudes that leaders work hard to instill in their organizations. Using data from the most recent iteration of the Global Business Ethics Survey® (GBES®), ECI explored: employees’ perceptions and experiences; practices, particularly those of managers, that reinforce the belief that accountability is present; and the link between accountability and other facets of an organization’s ethics culture.
GBES Key Finding 2
Workplace Misconduct is at an all-time high. Learn more in Key Finding #2 of ECI's latest report on the state of ethics & compliance in the workplace.
GBES EthicsStat – November 10, 2023
Employees observing favoritism are sure to be less confident in reporting misconduct, as they can feel that there may be potential retaliation should they report a “favorite” employee for misconduct. Learn more by downloading ECI's latest EthicsStat.
2023 GBES Research Summary
Conducted in 42 countries around the globe, the GBES surveys thousands of employees about their experiences and perceptions around ethics in the workplace. ECI members use this vast but easy-to-sort dataset to understand the current global state of Ethics & Compliance, identify potential issues at their own companies, and generate benchmarks that reveal how well their companies are doing in achieving their ethics goals.