Survey of Government Ethics Environment

A press release from Ethics.org describes the results of Ethics.org's survey of the ethics environment in government. Here are a few excerpts:

The next Enron could occur within government," said ERC President Patricia Harned, Ph.D. "Almost one quarter of public sector employees identify their work environments as conducive to misconduct – places where there is strong pressure to compromise standards, where situations invite wrongdoing and/or employees' personal values conflict with the values espoused at work.  Government – especially at the state and local levels – simply is not doing enough to address the problem.  ...

Slightly less than one-third (30%) of federal workers surveyed believe their organizations have well-implemented ethics and compliance programs, which ERC has found greatly reduce the incidence of misconduct.  Only one in 10 said there is, indeed, a strong ethical culture in their federal workplace.