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5. Corporate Responsibility Index ResultsFigure 10Universities that Countparticipants’ responses and sector scores havebeen subject to less detailed analysis than theresults for the Environment Index. Despite thesmall sample size, the results were nonethelessilluminating. The CR Index average for the HEsector was 51%, only a few percentage pointsbehind the HE sector’s Environment Index averageof 55%. This is important to note, because unlikethe Environment Index all participating HEIs werenew to the CR Index process.Figure 10 compares the HE sector to othereconomic groups within the Business Index. TheHE sector score of 51% falls 11% behind theGovernment, the lowest performing sector in theBusiness CR Index.Figure 11 provides a summary of the HE sector’soverall performance across the CorporateResponsibility Index and compares with the overallCR Index 2005 average.5.4 Corporate Strategy (HE Sector Average78%, Business Average 92%)The Corporate Strategy section looks at how thenature of an organisation’s business activitiesinfluences their values and principles, howthese principles are addressed through riskmanagement, the development of policies, andthe responsibilities held at a senior level in thecompany.Figure 1123