January 15, 2003—The U.S. workforce remains optimistic about the companies for which they work, says a new survey by WorkTrends. Sixty-four percent of employees have confidence in the future of their companies. This has increased from 59% two years ago. These results, generated through Gantz Wiley Research’s annual WorkTrends survey, demonstrate resiliency in the workforce after a year of corporate downsizing and ethical breakdowns.
“Perhaps ironically, in the wake of 9-11 and reinforced by a big year of corporate misconduct, basic personal and organizational values are finding a stronger foothold,” stated Scott M. Brooks, Ph.D., Executive Consultant and Director, Research & Development, Gantz Wiley Research. “With the recent high profile ethical corporate scandals, it is possible that this optimism stems from relieved employees who are not experiencing this disorder in their own companies. It appears that employees feel their own leadership looks pretty good in comparison to those they hear about in the news.”
These results are echoed by the perspective of the Center for Ethical Business Cultures, a non profit organization with academic partnerships with the University of St Thomas College of Business and the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management. “Gantz Wiley Research’s WorkTrends results reflects two themes we are seeing: the worker reaching out for organizations that are values based…and trusting leaders to insure the wide spread corporate scandals won’t happen here,” stated Ron James, President & CEO, Center for Ethical Business Cultures.
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