Yahoo Finance The most and least trusted professions
Australians have been asked to rate the honesty and ethical standards of a variety of occupations.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, car salesmen were the least trusted with only 4% of respondents having faith in the profession’s ethical standards, according to the latest ‘Image of Professions’ survey conducted by Roy Morgan.
“Once again Car Salesman rank at the bottom of the list — a position they have held for over 30 years,” Roy Morgan Chairman Gary Morgan said.
“The only other profession in single digits for ‘ethics and honesty’ is Advertising people (9%, up 1%) just behind Real Estate Agents (12%, up 3%), which despite the low rating is at a record high.”
Topping the list for the 19th year in a row were Nurses, with a whopping 90% of respondents ranking the profession as the most ethical and honest in Australia.
Rounding out the top five most ethical and honest professions were Doctors (88%, up 5%), Pharmacists (84%, down 4%), Engineers (76%, (up 6%), School Teachers (76%, unchanged) and Dentists (74%, down 1%).
Federal MPs (14%, up 4%) and State MPs (13%, up 3%) both gained after last year recording their lowest ratings for ethics and honesty since 1998. Ministers of Religion (44%, up 1%) recovered slightly from recording their lowest ever rating for ethics and honesty since being included on the survey in 1996.
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