Honesty / Ethics in Professions

Please tell me how you would rate the honesty and ethical standards of people in these different fields -- very high, high, average, low, or very low? First, ... Next, ...[RANDOM ORDER]


2007 Nov 30-Dec 2

Very
high


High


Average


Low

Very
low

No
opinion

%

%

%

%

%

%

Advertising practitioners

*

6

46

32

10

5

Bankers

4

31

49

13

2

*

Business executives

1

13

54

25

5

2

Car salesmen

1

4

39

40

13

2

Clergy

13

40

33

9

1

3

Congressmen

1

8

45

33

12

1

Druggists or pharmacists

16

55

26

2

1

1

Lawyers

2

13

49

25

10

1

Medical doctors

11

53

29

6

1

*

Nurses

24

59

15

1

*

1

Policemen

12

41

38

7

2

*

Auto mechanics

3

22

56

14

3

2

Day care providers

7

37

43

6

1

5

Grade school teachers

20

54

20

3

1

1

Judges

8

38

41

9

3

1

Local officeholders

1

19

56

18

5

1

Military officers

18

47

28

4

1

2

Newspaper reporters

2

20

52

18

8

1

Nursing home operators

2

19

50

19

6

4

State officeholders

1

11

55

27

6

1

TV reporters

2

21

49

19

7

1

Lobbyists

1

4

33

37

21

4

Selected Trend: Percent saying very high or high

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

%

%

%

%

%

1.

Nurses

83

79

82

84

83

2.

Grade school teachers

--

73

--

--

74

3.

Druggists, pharmacists

67

72

67

73

71

4.

Military officers

--

72

--

--

65

5.

Medical doctors

68

67

65

69

64

6.

Clergy

56

56

54

58

53

7.

Policemen

59

60

61

54

53

8.

Judges

--

53

--

--

46

9.

Day care providers

--

49

--

--

44

10.

Bankers

35

36

41

37

35

11.

Auto mechanics

--

26

--

--

25

12.

TV Reporters

--

23

--

--

23

13.

Newspaper reporters

--

21

--

--

22

14.

Nursing home operators

--

24

--

--

21

15.

Local officeholders

--

26

--

--

20

16.

Lawyers

16

18

18

18

15

17.

Business executives

18

20

16

18

14

18.

State officeholders

--

24

--

--

12

19.

Congressmen

17

20

14

14

9

20.

Advertising practitioners

12

10

11

11

6

21.

Car salesmen

7

9

8

7

5

22.

Lobbyists

--

--

--

--

5

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