You should probably be sitting down when you read this one: Business travelers often drink quite a bit while out of town and even engage in clandestine liaisons, sometimes with perfect (or imperfect) strangers.

Yes, this is what an online survey hosted by On Call International, a travel risk management firm, pumped out. Taking responses from more than 1,000, the researchers found 27 percent of business travelers have engaged in binge drinking while traveling on the company dime, while 11 percent had a tryst with a stranger.

"America's business travelers are mixing business with pleasure more often than you might think, leading to potentially dangerous scenarios that should be keeping employers up at night," the report said. "This type of behavior is cause for concern for employers, as it poses a substantial risk to the personal safety of their employees as well as the reputation of their business. Legal risks are also a reality since corporate Duty of Care laws have become tighter than ever – making the need for proactive employee education vital for all organizations with traveling staff."