BCMA Accountability Practices Survey

The purpose of this survey is to gather information on personal and organizational experiences with ethics and reporting/whistleblowing. The goal is to use survey responses to build a base understanding of the needs in our sector, and how this research project can help meet them.

Your survey feedback will help guide the focus and outcomes of the research. It helps us understand the needs of our community and will further inform our policies, resources, programs, and future support services. It also allows us to better advocate on behalf of the cultural heritage sector.

This research particularly helps us to support racialized, historically marginalized, and gender non-conforming communities, who we understand to be disproportionately affected by inequitable accountability practices. We encourage people with all levels of ethics knowledge and experience to participate in this survey, as we hope to gain a better understanding of the overall needs and experiences in the sector.

The survey is broken down into 6 sections: organizational structure, personal demographics, workplace ethics policies and procedures, reporting and whistleblowing, NDAs, and research project feedback. In the project feedback section, you will have the opportunity to comment on the elements of accountability you would like to see the BCMA research and/or address in the future.

Survey participation is optional. This survey has 29 questions and will take you approximately 15 minutes to complete. Questions are saved after you complete each page, and you may leave the survey by clicking the Exit button (top right) at any time. Please note, exiting the survey will not delete any answers previously saved on other pages.

As the nature of this survey is based on accountability and ethics, it is possible that some questions may be difficult for you or trigger negative emotions. Please note that all questions are optional, and you may exit the survey at any point in time. If you feel distress from this survey, please take care and reach out to supports in your region (for the crisis line in Canada call 988, or google mental health support lines for resources in your area).

Please note that all answers are anonymous. We will share the results of the survey in a condensed and aggregated manner so individual responses will not be identifiable.

Stay tuned for the overall project research results and resources to be announced with the BC Museum Association in November!

Deadline: September 20, 2024.

If you have any questions about this survey, please contact us at outreach@museum.bc.ca.