Many of those customers--from automakers to mass retailers, facilitymanagers and more--also participated, describing what they value from Johnson Controls.
In a survey of 950 companies, the International Facility Management Association, a trade group for office-facility managers, found 60% had some unassigned workspaces in their offices, and about half said the number of employees using the unassigned space had increased in the past two years.
The Cora Foundation, which runs the unit on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church, and the facility's board of managers launched their legal action earlier this year.