Only 12 percent of HR professionals experience such pressure, compared to 22 percent in companies with codes of conduct and 13 percent in 'Best Practices' companies. We can conclude from these differences that the human resource professional is not, typically, subject to the same level of systemic pressure. Rather, pressure is more likely to come in isolated and specific instances. We expect this to be the case, given the vantage point of the HR professional in the organization. The key finding of this survey is that pressure to commit misconduct does lead to more actual misconduct.
Regular pressure leads to frequent misconduct.
In organizations with no pressure to commit misconduct, only 7 percent of HR professionals observe frequent cases of misconduct. In organizations with regular pressure, frequent misconduct increases to 16 percent . Rare pressure leads to occasional misconduct. Twenty-nine percent of HR professionals observe occasional misconduct in organizations with no pressure. In organizations with rare pressure, occasional misconduct more than doubles to 61 percent.