The Providence Business News Executive Poll is a weekly survey of 70 business
leaders throughout the state, representing small and large companies in a variety
of industries.
QUESTION: Should Department of Environmental Management
Director Jan Reitsma have resigned after the confrontational and expletive-laden
e-mail he sent to a Marine Fisheries Council member was made public?
Yes: 73%
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No: 27%
QUESTION: Have you ever had to discipline an employee over his or her use of e-mail?
Yes: 53%
No: 47%
QUESTION: Does your company or organization have a formal policy regarding the use of e-mail?
Yes: 65%
No: 35%
QUESTION: When contacting people within your own company or organization, which form of communication do you use most frequently?
E-mail: 50%
Telephone: 19%
Personal contact: 25%
A handwritten note: 6%
QUESTION: Which occupies more of your time at work?
Responding to e-mail: 71%
Responding to voice messages: 29%
