According to a survey in March 2020, respondents in Germany were the least likely to think that businesses have a responsibility to ensure their employees are protected from the COVID-19 virus in the workplace, and that the virus does not spread into the community, with 65 percent of German respondents affirming this responsibility. The country surveyed with the highest expectation of corporate responsibility was South Korea, where 87 percent of respondents believed businesses to have this responsibility.
Share of adults worldwide who agree business has a responsibility to ensure workers and the community are protected from COVID-19 in March 2020, by country
Original question: "Please indicate your level of agreement with the statements below using a nine-point scale where one means strongly disagree and nine means strongly agree: businesses have a responsibility to ensure their employees are protected from the virus in the workplace and that their employees do not spread the virus into the community".
Top four responses of nine-point scale are counted as agree by the source.
1,000 respondents per country
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Edelman. (March 17, 2020). Share of adults worldwide who agree business has a responsibility to ensure workers and the community are protected from COVID-19 in March 2020, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105043/covid-19-opinion-business-responsibility-community-worldwide/
Edelman. "Share of adults worldwide who agree business has a responsibility to ensure workers and the community are protected from COVID-19 in March 2020, by country." Chart. March 17, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105043/covid-19-opinion-business-responsibility-community-worldwide/
Edelman. (2020). Share of adults worldwide who agree business has a responsibility to ensure workers and the community are protected from COVID-19 in March 2020, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105043/covid-19-opinion-business-responsibility-community-worldwide/
Edelman. "Share of Adults Worldwide Who Agree Business Has a Responsibility to Ensure Workers and The Community Are Protected from Covid-19 in March 2020, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105043/covid-19-opinion-business-responsibility-community-worldwide/
Edelman, Share of adults worldwide who agree business has a responsibility to ensure workers and the community are protected from COVID-19 in March 2020, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105043/covid-19-opinion-business-responsibility-community-worldwide/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Share of adults worldwide who agree business has a responsibility to ensure workers and the community are protected from COVID-19 in March 2020, by country [Graph], Edelman, March 17, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1105043/covid-19-opinion-business-responsibility-community-worldwide/
