Each year ECI conducts the Global Business Ethics Survey® (GBES®) to better understand the state of ethics in the workplace from the perspective of employees. In the 2019 GBES, ECI built upon its existing research by further exploring select areas of workplace misconduct observed by employees. The 2019 GBES asked about six types of misconduct: 1) Abusive behavior – behavior that is abusive, intimidating or creates a hostile work environment 2) Conflicts of interest – decisions or actions to benefit the employee/friends/family over the interests of one’s organization 3) Corruption – the abuse of entrusted power for private gain 4) Discrimination – actions against employees based on race, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, or similar categories 5) Sexual harassment – unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, other verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature and/or offensive remarks about a person’s sex 6) Violations of health and/or safety regulations The rates of observed misconduct for each of these misconduct areas are discussed. In addition, the report examines whether the observed misconduct was reported and if so, to whom it was reported and if the employee who reported the behavior experienced retaliation. The 2019 GBES findings included in this report are based on employee responses from 18 countries. Global percentages consist of the median from all 18 countries. The results are provided by five global regions, composed of the following countries: --Africa & Middle East: South Africa, United Arab Emirates --Asia Pacific: China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea --Europe: France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom --North America: United States, Mexico --South America: Argentina, Brazil
