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Hello all,

Apologies for sending out this survey again; however, we have adapted it
into a more user friendly form, and would like to give those who have not
participated as of yet a chance to do so.

Here's a fascinating survey developed in part by Kenneth Goodpaster and
Dean Maines at the University of St. Thomas.

I'm using it to compile data for an article "Is Corporate America Mostly
Ethical? Testing the Bad Apple Theory," to appear in a volume I'm editing
entitled Doing Well AND Good: The Human Face of the New Capitalism (Ethics
in Practice Series, Information Age Publishing). FYI: I'm still accepting
abstracts if anyone is interested.

But what I need asap is for as many of you as possible who have worked in
the private sector within roughly the last decade to take about 15 minutes
to fill out this survey, with respect to the company you worked at the
longest and/or most recently. Disclosure of the company name is voluntary
and will be kept confidential. Company names will not be mentioned in the
article.

The survey can be found at the following link:

http://leeds-survey.colorado.edu/Surveys/TakeSurvey.aspx?surveyid=1795

Please feel free to send any questions to businessethicssurvey@gmail.com.
Thank you for taking the time, and apologies again for multiple postings.

Sincerely, and thank you,

Julian Friedland


Dr. Julian Friedland
Instructor
Curriculum Emphasis on Social Responsibility (CESR)
Leeds School of Business
University of Colorado at Boulder
419 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309

Sorry - but at our institution, any survey or research conducted with
human participants requires ethics approval from our university's ethics
committee. I assume you also have ethics approval? Could you please
necessary details of this approval.

Jan

--
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that
matter." Martin Luther King, Jr

Jan Schapper, Ph.D
Education Plan Implementation Corps (EPIC)
Monash University
Room 5.61, Building H
Caulfield, AUSTRALIA 3145
EPIC Phone: 9903 4460
EPIC Fax: 9903 4499

Department of Management
Monash University
Room E478, Menzies Building
Clayton, AUSTRALIA 3800
Telephone: +61 3 9905 2329




----- Original Message -----
From: Julian Friedland <terrence.w.cummings@GMAIL.COM>
Date: Monday, November 5, 2007 9:14 pm
Subject: Business Ethics Survey
To: MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.pace.edu

> Hello all,
>
> Apologies for sending out this survey again; however, we have
> adapted it
> into a more user friendly form, and would like to give those who
> have not
> participated as of yet a chance to do so.
>
> Here's a fascinating survey developed in part by Kenneth Goodpaster
> andDean Maines at the University of St. Thomas.
>
> I'm using it to compile data for an article "Is Corporate America
> MostlyEthical? Testing the Bad Apple Theory," to appear in a volume
> I'm editing
> entitled Doing Well AND Good: The Human Face of the New Capitalism
> (Ethicsin Practice Series, Information Age Publishing). FYI: I'm
> still accepting
> abstracts if anyone is interested.
>
> But what I need asap is for as many of you as possible who have
> worked in
> the private sector within roughly the last decade to take about 15
> minutesto fill out this survey, with respect to the company you
> worked at the
> longest and/or most recently. Disclosure of the company name is
> voluntaryand will be kept confidential. Company names will not be
> mentioned in the
> article.
>
> The survey can be found at the following link:
>
> http://leeds-
> survey.colorado.edu/Surveys/TakeSurvey.aspx?surveyid=1795
>
> Please feel free to send any questions to
> businessethicssurvey@gmail.com.
> Thank you for taking the time, and apologies again for multiple
> postings.
> Sincerely, and thank you,
>
> Julian Friedland
>
>
> Dr. Julian Friedland
> Instructor
> Curriculum Emphasis on Social Responsibility (CESR)
> Leeds School of Business
> University of Colorado at Boulder
> 419 UCB
> Boulder, CO 80309
>

Hello Jan-
Given the limited nature of this survey and that it is directed to and about educational institutions (versus human subject), it does not require an Institutional Review Board (IRB)- the American version of your Ethics Board. This limited study does not rise to the level of an "experiment".
Thank you in advance for your reconsideration.

Ray Venero
Sent from my PDA; apologies for any misspellings. :-)

-----Original Message-----
From: Jan Schapper [mailto:Jan.Schapper@BUSECO.MONASH.EDU.AU]
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 08:45 PM Eastern Standard Time
To: MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
Subject: Re: Business Ethics Survey

Sorry - but at our institution, any survey or research conducted with
human participants requires ethics approval from our university's ethics
committee. I assume you also have ethics approval? Could you please
necessary details of this approval.

Jan

--
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that
matter." Martin Luther King, Jr

Jan Schapper, Ph.D
Education Plan Implementation Corps (EPIC)
Monash University
Room 5.61, Building H
Caulfield, AUSTRALIA 3145
EPIC Phone: 9903 4460
EPIC Fax: 9903 4499

Department of Management
Monash University
Room E478, Menzies Building
Clayton, AUSTRALIA 3800
Telephone: +61 3 9905 2329




----- Original Message -----
From: Julian Friedland <terrence.w.cummings@GMAIL.COM>
Date: Monday, November 5, 2007 9:14 pm
Subject: Business Ethics Survey
To: MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.pace.edu

> Hello all,
>
> Apologies for sending out this survey again; however, we have
> adapted it
> into a more user friendly form, and would like to give those who
> have not
> participated as of yet a chance to do so.
>
> Here's a fascinating survey developed in part by Kenneth Goodpaster
> andDean Maines at the University of St. Thomas.
>
> I'm using it to compile data for an article "Is Corporate America
> MostlyEthical? Testing the Bad Apple Theory," to appear in a volume
> I'm editing
> entitled Doing Well AND Good: The Human Face of the New Capitalism
> (Ethicsin Practice Series, Information Age Publishing). FYI: I'm
> still accepting
> abstracts if anyone is interested.
>
> But what I need asap is for as many of you as possible who have
> worked in
> the private sector within roughly the last decade to take about 15
> minutesto fill out this survey, with respect to the company you
> worked at the
> longest and/or most recently. Disclosure of the company name is
> voluntaryand will be kept confidential. Company names will not be
> mentioned in the
> article.
>
> The survey can be found at the following link:
>
> http://leeds-
> survey.colorado.edu/Surveys/TakeSurvey.aspx?surveyid=1795
>
> Please feel free to send any questions to
> businessethicssurvey@gmail.com.
> Thank you for taking the time, and apologies again for multiple
> postings.
> Sincerely, and thank you,
>
> Julian Friedland
>
>
> Dr. Julian Friedland
> Instructor
> Curriculum Emphasis on Social Responsibility (CESR)
> Leeds School of Business
> University of Colorado at Boulder
> 419 UCB
> Boulder, CO 80309
>

Dear Ray,

Of course your survey requires IRB review. It is no doubt exempt, but it
still requires the IRB to so state. But it is the IRB that determines
such status.

Research that exposes participants to minimal risk, or no risk at all, may
be considered exempt from the need for ongoing IRB review and approval.
Federal law details six categories of exempt research. The one that
applies is:

EXEMPTION UNDER 45 CFR 46.10(b)(3):

Research involving the use of educational tests (cognitive, diagnostic,
aptitude, achievement), SURVEY procedures, interview procedures, or
observation of public behavior that is not exempt under paragraph (b)(2)
of this section, if: (i) the human subjects are elected or appointed
public officials or candidates for public office or (ii) Federal
statute(s) require(s) without exception that the confidentiality of the
personally identifiable information will be maintained throughout the
research and thereafter.

Regards,
Zane

Zane Berge, Ph.D.
Professor
berge@umbc.edu
www.emoderators.com


On Tue, 6 Nov 2007, Venero, Ramon J. wrote:

> Hello Jan-
> Given the limited nature of this survey and that it is directed to and about educational institutions (versus human subject), it does not require an Institutional Review Board (IRB)- the American version of your Ethics Board. This limited study does not rise to the level of an "experiment".
> Thank you in advance for your reconsideration.
>
> Ray Venero
> Sent from my PDA; apologies for any misspellings. :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Schapper [mailto:Jan.Schapper@BUSECO.MONASH.EDU.AU]
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 08:45 PM Eastern Standard Time
> To: MG-ED-DV@AOMLISTS.pace.edu
> Subject: Re: Business Ethics Survey
>
> Sorry - but at our institution, any survey or research conducted with
> human participants requires ethics approval from our university's ethics
> committee. I assume you also have ethics approval? Could you please
> necessary details of this approval.
>
> Jan
>
> --
> "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that
> matter." Martin Luther King, Jr
>
> Jan Schapper, Ph.D
> Education Plan Implementation Corps (EPIC)
> Monash University
> Room 5.61, Building H
> Caulfield, AUSTRALIA 3145
> EPIC Phone: 9903 4460
> EPIC Fax: 9903 4499
>
> Department of Management
> Monash University
> Room E478, Menzies Building
> Clayton, AUSTRALIA 3800
> Telephone: +61 3 9905 2329
>
>
>