25% of workers reported that they had been aware of misconduct or illegal activity at work in the last year, up from 18% in 2021. — Photo: monkeybusinessimages/ GEtty Images, via ETX DailyUP
Human resources departments are taking matters of incivility and ethics in the workplace increasingly seriously. Indeed, inappropriate behavior is a major threat to well-being at work. And yet, according to a recent international survey, employees are not systematically reporting misconduct.
The Institute of Business Ethics and the Compliance Institute surveyed over 12,000 employees from 16 countries on ethical matters in the workplace. The overwhelming majority of those surveyed believe that their employer takes such issues seriously (71%), yet they still see ethics breaches in their company.
