2.3. Method
The research was conducted among randomly selected managers of top, middle and operational management level in companies doing business in Poland. We eliminated the respondents who failed to answer at least 20 per
cent of the questions. A total number of 98 usable questionnaires were received. Of the 98 respondents, 12.24% are top managers, 40.81% - middle, 46.95% - managers of operational level. Two-thirds are managers from medium-sized enterprises (61.22%), 17.34% from small companies, 14.28% from micro-enterprises, 7.16% from big enterprises. The surveyed companies had their headquarters in cities of all sizes, including more than 60% of cities with a population over 100 thousand residents. The data was collected in January and February 2015. The research was conducted by means of a direct survey. The 24 components of responsible leadership were listed. A seven-point Likert scale was employed to gather responses, 7 indicating "maximum agreement" and 1 "no agreement". The survey was sample-based. Random sampling was applied. The data was first analyzed using basic statistical techniques. Data analysis was accomplished using IBM SPSS Statistics 21.