Attitudes in the American Workplace Poll, 2008

<p>This survey was conducted by Harris Interactive for the Marlin Company. Documentation is limited for this survey, however, reports on the findings are available. The Marlin Company’s 14 th Annual American Workplace Poll was conducted in May 2008 by Zogby International, which surveyed 755 US workers. Asked why they think companies go green, nearly onefourth (24.1%) said companies went green to save money; 22% said they did it to garner positive publicity and 14.1% said they did it to be politically correct. Only 17.4% cited social responsibility as the motivation, while 12.9% said that companies were going green as a way to counteract rising energy prices. Moreover, most workers said their employer lagged behind themselves in going green. When asked, “Who’s greener, you or your company?”, more than 60% (63.4%) of workers said that they were greener. And more than threefourths (77.7%) of US workers said it was important for them to have an employer that was going green in a significant way. Please see archive documentation for more information. Also note that there is a weighting variable included with the survey.</p>