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UK public opinion over the ethics of British business remains divided, although there has been a marked shift toward greater trust in the past year.
Just over half of respondents to an Ipsos MORI poll said they believed UK businesses were behaving ethically, compared with nearly a third who thought otherwise. The figures represent an increase of about seven percentage points among those who now feel British companies were either ‘very’ or ‘fairly’ ethical.
About half of respondents, however, felt companies either had made no progress or had regressed in the area. Just 38 per cent said they saw improvements in business behaviour during the past ten years.
The biggest single issue remains executive pay – 35 per cent of respondents placed this among the three issues they felt needed to be tackled. Bribery and corruption, hot topics in last year’s poll, are now among the least important to the public.
Just over half of respondents to an Ipsos MORI poll said they believed UK businesses were behaving ethically, compared with nearly a third who thought otherwise. The figures represent an increase of about seven percentage points among those who now feel British companies were either ‘very’ or ‘fairly’ ethical.
About half of respondents, however, felt companies either had made no progress or had regressed in the area. Just 38 per cent said they saw improvements in business behaviour during the past ten years.
The biggest single issue remains executive pay – 35 per cent of respondents placed this among the three issues they felt needed to be tackled. Bribery and corruption, hot topics in last year’s poll, are now among the least important to the public.
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