Welcome to Measure Up

Measure Up is an online assessment tool to help you understand the strengths and weaknesses of your organization's ethical culture.

This assessment tool has been developed and refined over a five year period by Duke researchers. In advisory partnerships, a longer version of this questionnaire is typically given to all the members of an organization or department. Based on the results and additional focus groups and interviews, the Kenan Institute for Ethics then provides recommendations to the organization’s leadership about ways to strengthen their ethical culture.

This 23-question version has been adapted for individual use. Based upon your responses, the assessment will provide a snapshot of what your organization does well and identify some roadblocks that may be hindering performance.

In agreeing to take this assessment, you will also be contributing to ongoing research about organizational ethics and culture at the Institute. This study has been reviewed and approved by Duke University’s Institutional Review Board. Your responses are completely anonymous. Here’s the fine-print:

You are invited to participate in a survey about organizational ethics. The survey is being conducted by the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University under the guidance of Suzanne Shanahan, Ph.D., Associate Director of the Institute, to contribute to continuing research on principles and practices of organizational ethics. The survey will take about ten minutes to complete. The responses you provide will be collected without identifying information and aggregated for analysis that may appear in academic publications. You are free to drop out of the survey at any time or to leave certain questions unanswered. If you have questions about the study, you may contact Suzanne Shanahan by email at kie@duke.edu or by mail at Duke University, Kenan Institute for Ethics, Box 90432, Durham, NC 27708.