IC Directors' Meeting Highlights |
January 9, 2007
Discussion Items Ethics Survey Results – Dr. Kington introduced the results of an NIH Ethics Survey, a web survey of current employees taken in the summer of 2006 to examine the impact of the new ethics rules. Mr. Larry Luskin and Mr. Chris Bishop from ORC Macro (an independent analysis firm) explained survey results and conclusions. 8000 employees responded to the web-based survey, covering areas such as job satisfaction, understanding of the new ethics rules, perceived impact of the rules, and evaluation of ethics training. Available demographic information reflected that this group of respondents had comparable distribution to the entire NIH employee population. Major findings included:
Questions followed regarding further breakdown of responses between scientific and non-scientific staff, particularly regarding issues of staff retention. While some of this information is available, Dr. Kington stated that NIH does not have the data and needs to maintain this separation in order to protect the confidentiality of the respondents and to maintain the integrity of the results. NIH is waiting for OMB clearance to conduct the next phase of the survey, where employees who recently left NIH will be contacted to determine the impact of the new ethics rules on their decisions to leave. Forms used for ethics training are being revised and posted online. Efforts are being made to modify the ethics training program for ease of use. Penny Wung Burgoon
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