Hello, may I speak to someone in environmental health and safety? IF NOT: Then may I speak to someone in environmental m
Hello, this is _______ calling from the University of Oregon Survey Research Laboratory. The National Science Foundation
When the analyses are finished would you be interested in receiving a copy of our reports? 1 YES 2 NO --> SKIPTO OVER7
I would like to begin with some basic organizational data. Is your plant more than seven years old? 1 YES 2 NO --> SKI
What was the year your plant opened? NOTE: YEAR SHOULD BE 1993 OR EARLIER ENTER EXACT YEAR USING FOUR DIGITS FOR EXAMPLE
What was the month and year your plant opened? NOTE: DATE SHOULD BE FEBRUARY 1993 OR LATER ENTER MONTH IN TWO DIGIT AND
Do you have a parent company? 1 YES 2 NO --> SKIPTO PBLC2 7 REFUSED
Is your parent company publicly traded? 1 YES 2 NO 7 REFUSED
Is your company publicly traded? 1 YES 2 NO 7 REFUSED
Does profit responsibility for operations lie with the plant manager? 1 YES 2 NO 7 REFUSED
In order to understand change over time, we would like an estimate of the number of employees at your plant for the last
How many manufacturing employees did your plant employ in 1999? PROBE: Please try to estimate how many people were in ma
How many manufacturing employees did your plant employ in 1998? PROBE: Please try to estimate how many people were in ma
How many manufacturing employees did your plant employ in 1997? PROBE: Please try to estimate how many people were in ma
How many manufacturing employees did your plant employ in 1996? PROBE: Please try to estimate how many people were in ma
How many manufacturing employees did your plant employ in 1995? PROBE: Please try to estimate how many people were in ma
How many manufacturing employees did your plant employ in 1994? PROBE: Please try to estimate how many people were in ma
Now I would like to ask some questions about your facility's overall operations. Approximately what percentage of your f
What percentage of your facility's production is used by your parent and affiliates? PROBE: What percent of the dollar a
What percentage of your facility's production is intended for foreign markets? PROBE: What percentage of the your produc
Now I'm going to read you a number of statements. Using a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being strongly agree and 5 being stron
Relative to our major competitors that manufacture in the U. S., we focus on using the latest technology in production.
Relative to our major competitors that manufacture in the U. S., we focus on capital investment in new equipment and mac
Relative to our major competitors that manufacture in the U. S., we have been a leader in introduction of ** product **
Relative to our major competitors that manufacture in the U. S., we have been a leader in introduction of ** process **
Have you obtained ISO 9000 registration? 1 YES 2 NO --> SKIPTO ENVMAN1 7 REFUSED
In what month and year did you obtain ISO 9000 registration? ENTER MONTH IN TWO DIGIT AND YEAR IN FOUR DIGIT FORMAT: FOR
Including yourself and all others, what is the number of full-time equivalent employees working on environmental quality
Has your plant adopted a formal environmental management system? 1 YES 2 NO --> SKIPTO MGRPERF 7 REFUSED
In what month and year was your environmental management system finalized? ENTER MONTH IN TWO DIGIT AND YEAR IN FOUR DIG
Again using a scale of 1 - 5, with one indicating strongly agree and five indicating strongly disagree, please tell us h
Environmental quality managers are included in discussions about fundamental design issues impacting the facility. PROBE
Environmental quality managers are included in discussions about potential process modifications. PROBE: On a scale of 1
Environmental quality managers are included in discussions about the general allocation of resources available at the fa
Environmental quality managers are included in discussions about how the facility can best respond to ongoing competitiv
Environmental quality managers are included in discussions of long-term competitive plans for the facility. PROBE: On a
Now I would like to ask you a series of questions about basic environmental policies at your facility Does the top envir
Is part of the salary or other compensation of the plant's environmental quality manager explicitly tied to environmenta
Is part of the salary or other compensation of the plant's manager explicitly tied to environmental performance? 1 YES
Does your plant participate in the EPA 33/50 ("Thirty three fifty")Program? 1 YES 2 NO --> SKIPTO CLEANER 7 REFUSED
In what year and month did your facility join the 33/50 ("Thirty three fifty") Program? ENTER MONTH IN TWO DIGIT AND YEA
Again using a scale of 1 - 5, with one indicating strongly agree and five indicating strongly disagree, please respond t
We modify existing processes at this facility to make them cleaner. PROBE: On a scale of 1 - 5, with one indicating stro
We utilize in-process recycling and recovery at this facility. PROBE: On a scale of 1 - 5, with one indicating strong ag
Now I would like to ask a few questions about the ISO 14001 ("fourteen thousand one") environmental standards and your v
In what month and year did you receive that registration? ENTER MONTH IN TWO DIGIT AND YEAR IN FOUR DIGIT FORMAT: FOR EX
Are you in the process of ISO 14001 ("fourteen thousand one") registration? 1 YES 2 NO --> SKIPTO ISO1420 7 REFUSED
Once again using a scale of 1 - 5, with one indicating strongly agree and five indicating strongly disagree, please rate
Pressure or expected pressure from regulators led to adoption of ISO 14001 ("fourteen thousand one") standards. PROBE: H
Even though there may be no tangible benefits, registration demonstrates that we are in step with beliefs in the industr
We expect tangible environmental benefits in complying with regulations. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagree th
We expect tangible environmental benefits, in both complying with regulations and exceeding them. PROBE: How strongly do
We expect tangible economic benefits (from adopting ISO 14001 standards). PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagree t
We expect tangible competitive advantages(from adopting ISO 14001 standards). PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagr
Registration indicates conformance with industry norms and not necessarily ecological or economic value-added. PROBE: Ho
Our parent directed us to seek registration. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagree that this was a reason for ado
We expect that ISO 14001 will become a standard in our industry. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagree that this
ISO 14001 registration will assist us in entering foreign markets. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagree that thi
ISO 14001 registration will reduce environmental risk. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagree that this was a reas
On the same scale of 1 - 5, please respond to how the following statements describe the implementation of ISO 14001 at y
Managers from departments other than environmental quality attended meetings on ISO 14001 implementation. PROBE: How str
Manufacturing employees (other than management) from departments other than environmental quality received written mater
Manufacturing employees (other than management) from departments other than environmental quality attended meetings on I
Please estimate for us the time, in months, from decision to proceed with (ISO 14001 registration) to receiving registra
Please estimate the person-months associated with achieving registration. ENTER EXACT NUMBER 996 96 OR MORE 997 REFUSE
Once again using a scale of one to five, with one indicating strongly agree and five indicating strongly disagree, pleas
We did not see the economic benefits from registration. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagree that this is a reas
No customer has required us to be certified yet. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagree that this is a reason for
Our current system provides the benefits of registration without the costs. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagree
We are concerned about sensitive information entering the public domain. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagree th
We feel that registration does not provide true environmental benefits. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagree tha
Have you reached another environmental management standard? 1 YES 2 NO --> SKIPTO ISO1430 7 REFUSED
In what month and year did you achieve that standard? ENTER MONTH AND YEAR IN TWO DIGIT FORMAT: FOR EXAMPLE: 01/96 9997
Are you pursuing another environmental management standard? 1 YES 2 NO --> SKIPTO ISO1433 7 REFUSED
In what month and year do you expect to achieve that standard? ENTER MONTH TWO DIGIT AND YEAR IN FOUR DIGIT FORMAT: FOR
This is the final section of our survey. Here, I will provide a series of statements about how **your industry** views
Customers believe that a facility is an environmental leader if it acquires ISO 14001 registration. PROBE: How strongly
Non-registered facilities may lose business to competitors that are registered. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disa
ISO 14001 registration is a factor in customer purchasing decisions. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagree with t
Regulators are pleased when facilities undergo ISO 14001 registration. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagree with
Regulators view ISO 14001 registration as a best practice. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagree with this statem
Regulators will provide incentives for facilities to undergo ISO 14001 registration. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or
If a facility is registered, regulatory relations will improve. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagree with this s
ISO 14001 registration is portrayed positively in the business press. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagree with
A facility may get "good press" for undergoing ISO 14001 registration. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagree with
The prevalence of ISO 14001 registration in this industry is increasing. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagree wi
ISO 14001 is becoming the standard in this industry. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagree with this statement? 1
As others in its industry register, an unregistered facility will be more likely to register. PROBE: How strongly do you
As more and more facilities undergo ISO 14001 registration, those facilities that haven't yet registered will feel press
ISO 14001 registration will help a facility sell its products in some foreign countries. PROBE: How strongly do you agre
Trade barriers may confront products from non-ISO 14001 facilities. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or disagree with th
Facilities experience real environmental improvement via ISO 14001 registration. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or dis
ISO 14001 registration assists facilities in improving environmental performance. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or di
ISO 14001 registration represents a good environmental investment for a facility. PROBE: How strongly do you agree or di