Survey of Britain's Captains of Industry

Wednesday 29 January 2003

This presents summary findings from the 2002 study of Captains of Industry, part of MORI's programme of regular multi-sponsored studies among key audiences.

Faith in auditing

How strongly do you agree or disagree with the statement 'Even after the Enron/Worldcom collapses, I am confident that auditors' reports on company performance are truly independent'

Electronic media

Which, if any, of these have you visited? / Which, if any, do you find particularly useful?

Emails received — trends

On average, how many e-mails do you get in a typical working day?

Technical details:

Number of respondents: Interviews were conducted face-to-face, among 164 respondents (each question was asked of at least 80 respondents), between 4 September — 6 December 2002. Where results do not sum to 100, this may be due to computer rounding, multiple responses or the exclusion of don't know categories.

Respondents were selected from board directors of Britain's leading companies; top UK 500 by turnover; FTSE 500; top 100 by capital employed. 74% of respondents are Chairman, CEO, MD or President.

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