While most employees do not believe there are concrete ethical breaches in the workplace, some clearly feel compromised by day-to-day hypocrisy and broken promises. This might explain why job commitment is also down -- a problem for companies as the economy picks up and job prospects brighten.


Ilene Gochman

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