3.3 The Customer Perspective: Controlling Customer Defections The second aspect of organizational performance that the balanced scorecard helps managers monitor is customers. It does so by forcing managers to address the ques- tion, How do customers see us?" Unfortunately, most companies try to answer this question through customer satisfaction surveys, but these are often misleadingly positive. Most customers are reluctant to talk about their problems because the dont know who to complain to or think that complaining will not do any good Indeed, a study by the federal Office of Consumer Affairs found that 96 percent of unhappy customers never complain to anyone in the company.