Culture Self-Assessment Practice

Sample Environmental Question Set

These are suggested questions that organizations can customize. Once the data from these questions is synthesized, a final question set should be developed and finalized for use with employees in the organization as outlined in the Culture Self-Assessment Practice Process Design.

Additional qualitative and quantitative sample question sets can assess topics using scaled, or open-ended objective responses about organizational culture and conducting executive interviews.

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Sample Environmental Question Set

Brian Patrick Green

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Q1. To what extent does your company act in a way that indicates care about doing the right thing when it comes to environmental issues? (1 - not at all to 7 - very interested)

Q2. To what extent are the employees in your company interested in doing the right thing when it comes to environmental issues? (1 - not at all to 7 - very interested)

Q3. To what extent are the managers in your company interested in doing the right thing when it comes to environmental issues? (1 - not at all to 7 - very interested)

Q4. To what extent does your company take actions to help the environment? (1 - the company actively harms the environment to 7 - the company actively helps the environment)

Q5. Is your company responsive to employees who express concerns about the environment? (1 - not at all to 7 - very interested)

Q6. What does your company do to help the environment?

Q7. What could your company do better in order to help the environment?

Q8. Does your company act in a way that indicates care about climate change and greenhouse gas pollution? (1 - not at all to 7 - very interested)

Q9. Does your company act in a way that indicates care about energy efficiency? (1 - not at all to 7 - very interested)

Q10. Does your company act in a way that indicates care about efficiency of water use? (1 - not at all to 7 - very interested)

Q11. Does your company act in a way that indicates care about the waste produced at the company? (1 - not at all to 7 - very interested)

Q12. Does your company act in a way that indicates care about pollution of the air, ground, and/or water? (1 - not at all to 7 - very interested)

Q13. Does your company act in a way that indicates care about biodiversity? (1 - not at all to 7 - very interested)

Q14. Does your company act in a way that indicates care about the welfare of animals? (1 - not at all to 7 - very interested)

Q15. Does your company act in a way that indicates care about justice issues related to environmental issues, for example, that pollution may affect certain vulnerable communities unfairly relative to others? (1 - not at all to 7 - very interested)

Q16. Does your company act in a way that indicates care about habitat loss related to urban sprawl or development? (1 - not at all to 7 - very interested)

Q17. My company damages the environment. Agree or disagree? (1 - agree to 7 - disagree)

Q18. My company cares more about profits than taking care of the environment. Agree or disagree? (1 - agree to 7 - disagree)

Q19. If a tradeoff has to be made between doing the right thing with regards to the environment, or making more money, my company would choose: (1 - to do the right thing with regards to the environment to 7 - to make more money)

Q20. I sense that my workplace has an awareness of environmental issues. Agree or disagree? (1 - agree to 7 - disagree)