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| The Ethical CIO: Avoiding Vendor Benders |
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Results Summary
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1. Does your organization have an ethic policy in place for dealing with vendors?
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Percent | Response
Total |
| Yes |
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57.14% |
28 |
| No |
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42.86% |
21 |
| Total Respondents : | 49 |
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2. 3. Do you require signed documentation spelling out a vendor's good ethics practices in evaluating that vendor?
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Percent | Response
Total |
| Yes |
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46.15% |
12 |
| No |
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53.85% |
14 |
| Total Respondents : | 26 |
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3. 4. On occasion a CIO will bring in a vendor to complete a major project. This can be any kind of IT vendor—a systems integrator, an IT consultant, an outsourcer or a software company. Once the job is completed, CIO is hired away by that vendor as a senior level position. Is this revolving door practice ethical, in your view?
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Percent | Response
Total |
| Yes |
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40.00% |
10 |
| No |
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60.00% |
15 |
| Total Respondents : | 25 |
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4. 5. In shopping for vendors, you, as a CIO with a substantial IT budget, are heavily courted. As part of that process, a vendor may offer to pay for your tickets and even rooms at a resort where a vendor related conference is being held. Is that acceptable?
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Percent | Response
Total |
| Yes |
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13.04% |
3 |
| No |
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86.96% |
20 |
| Total Respondents : | 23 |
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5. 6. A vendor asks you and perhaps your spouse out to an expensive restaurant and foots the bill. Acceptable?
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Percent | Response
Total |
| Yes |
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21.74% |
5 |
| No |
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78.26% |
18 |
| Total Respondents : | 23 |
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6. 7. A vendor offers to provide you with proprietary information about one of your competitors? Is it ethical to accept this information as long as it wasn't obtained through illegal means?
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Percent | Response
Total |
| Yes |
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34.78% |
8 |
| No |
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65.22% |
15 |
| Total Respondents : | 23 |
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7. 8. The vendor wants to fly you and/or your employees to a facility for training and intends to pick up the tab? Do you consider this acceptable?
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Percent | Response
Total |
| Yes |
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47.83% |
11 |
| No |
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52.17% |
12 |
| Total Respondents : | 23 |
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8. 9. The vendor offers you or one of your employees a small gift, or token of appreciation—flowers, or candy, perhaps. Acceptable?
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Percent | Response
Total |
| Yes |
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78.26% |
18 |
| No |
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21.74% |
5 |
| Total Respondents : | 23 |
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9. Please provide any comments below:
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