Ethics at work: 2021 survey of employees

This survey was first introduced in the UK in 2005. In 2021, the Brian Picot Chair in Ethical Leadership partnered with IBE again to produce the NZ report.

Employees’ views are a key indicator of the ethical temperature in today’s organisations. The 'Ethics at Work: 2021' survey of employees is the only survey of its kind that provides real insight into employees’ views on ethics across all sectors and job roles.

The Ethics at Work survey asks employees how they experience ethical dilemmas in their day-to-day working lives, looking at whether they have witnessed misconduct, whether they have reported it, and what stops them. It provides insights into what supports employees to do the right thing.

This 2021 survey of 10,000 employees in 13 countries provides facts and figures that give insights into employees’ attitudes to views on workplace ethics. In New Zealand, 750 employees across industries and sectors were surveyed.