Ethical standards yet to improve in India: Survey

78% of Indian respondents said that bribery, corrupt practices occur widely

Inconsistency and ambiguity in encouraging high ethical standards and insufficient understanding of compliance programmes have increasingly led employees to justify unethical behaviour at workplace, says a report.

According to EY's Asia-Pacific (APAC) Fraud survey, 78 per cent of Indian respondents said that bribery and corrupt practices occur widely.

Besides, 57 per cent of respondents said that senior management would ignore unethical behaviour of employees to attain revenue targets.

Moreover, one in every five respondents said that breaches related to ethical standards and regulations are not investigated by organisations. Further, 15 per cent of people surveyed said that organisations have not taken action against