Maybe the down economy has a silver lining after all: Employees behave better in times of a recession.

That’s according to the findings of a survey of nearly 3,000 employees conducted by the Ethics Resource Center. The study revealed that key measures of ethical behavior—the amount of misconduct observed, the willingness to report misdeeds, the strength of ethical cultures, and the pressure to cut corners—have all improved since 2007, shortly before the recession started.

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Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...