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
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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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Opinion on business' responsibility to the community with COVID-19 by country 2020
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 ** percent of German respondents affirming this responsibility. The country surveyed with the highest expectation of corporate responsibility was South Korea, where ** percent of respondents believed businesses to have this responsibility.
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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 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /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. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 31, 2026. /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. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 31, 2026. /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." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 17 Mar 2020, /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 ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1105043/covid-19-opinion-business-responsibility-community-worldwide/ (last visited July 31, 2026)
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: /statistics/1105043/covid-19-opinion-business-responsibility-community-worldwide/
