Nearly one-third of the teenagers who participated in a recent survey said they believe people have to “bend the rules to succeed.”
Read more about the Junior Achievement/Deloitte & Touche teen ethics poll in a news release from Junior Achievement.
Still, the survey of 624 13- to 18-year-olds—commissioned by the Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Junior Achievement and Deloitte & Touche USA LLP, a financial-consulting firm—also found that 62 percent of those surveyed said they believe people who practice good business ethics are more successful than people who don’t.