Integrity and honesty in business today

A poll to collect opinions and experiences from business people on the role of personal integrity and honesty.

How old are you?

• under 20
• 21 - 30
• 31 - 40
• 41 - 50
• 51 - 60
• 61 or older

How important is your personal integrity?

• Extremely important
• Fairly important
• Not very important
• Not important at all

How important is the integrity of the people you deal with?

• Extremely important
• Fairly important
• Not very important
• Not important at all

Have you based business decisions on the word of another (i.e. no contract)?

• As long as I trust them, of course.
• If I don't know them but they seem honest, yes.
• If I don't know them, I won't.
• Even if I know them, I won't.

Have you failed to fulfill verbal business commitments?

• Yes
• No

Have you had others fail to fulfill verbal business commitments?

• Yes
• No

Generally speaking, are you more or less trusting of others than 2 years ago?

• I am more trusting
• I am less trusting
• I am just as trusting

Which of these outside influences will make you break a verbal promise made to another?

• Circumstances changed
• I changed my mind
• The other person turned out to be dishonest
• They tricked me into promising in the first place
• I keep my promises no matter what