Only 7 Percent of Applicants Have Turned Down Job Offers Due to a Company's Lack of CSR
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Hudson, August 2007
A study by Hudson, a leading provider of permanent recruitment, contract professionals and talent management services worldwide, found conflicting results. On the one hand, 75 percent of U.S. workers think companies have responsibilities to the community. But on the other hand, a resounding 70 percent don't consider a prospective employer's corporate social responsibility (CSR) program very important when it comes to evaluating job offers. In fact, Hudson's research finds, only seven percent of today's work force claims that they have ever rejected an offer based on the lack of a company's CSR program.
Even if employees do not base job decisions on CSR programs, nearly half (46 percent) believe it is very important for an organization to have such an initiative. Furthermore, workers appreciate opportunities to invest in the community when they are given the chance. Among the 46 percent of workers who work for an organization with a CSR program, nearly two-thirds (64 percent) participate.
The Hudson study also finds that formal CSR programs are more prevalent at large companies. Fifty-eight percent of respondents who work for a company with 500 or more employees state their firm has a CSR program, compared to 45 percent of all workers. About one-third of workers at companies with less than 100 employees say the same.
The Hudson CSR survey is based on a national poll of 2,000 U.S. workers conducted in early August 2007 and was compiled by Rasmussen Reports, LLC, an independent research firm.
