What Are the Most Trustworthy and Ethical Professions? (And Where Do Real Estate Agents Rank?)

Given the last few years is it any surprise that ‘nurses retain [the] top ethics rating in U.S.’?

According to a Gallup survey real estate agents rank above lawyers, journalists, politicians and car salespeople, but below accountants, police officers and teachers. Gallup first measured the honesty and ethics of professions in 1976 and has updated it annually since 1990. A small number of professions have been on the list every year, while others are included periodically.

When asked “How you would rate the honesty and ethical standards of people in these different fields — very high, high, average, low or very low?” real estate agents scored as follows:

Very High: 4%

High: 20%

Average: 55%

Low: 15%

Very Low: 4%

Gallup add:

“Real estate agents (55%) and bankers (54%) garner majority-level “average” marks, while six other occupations receive average ratings from pluralities of Americans ranging from 42% to 50%. These include lawyers, accountants, business executives, clergy, judges and labor union leaders.”

The question: is that fair?

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Which News Sources Do Americans Trust?

Source: Statista

During an unprecedented period of scrutiny and criticism, news media outlets in the U.S. are dealing with an increasingly skeptical public. According to a recent survey by Gallup for the Knight Foundation, the American people place the most trust in local newspapers, but even then, only 54 percent say have ‘a lot’ or ‘a fair amount’ of confidence. Often under fire from the president, national network news and major national newspapers have the confidence of only 52 and 51 percent of the population, respectively. Least trusted are news aggregators (38 percent) and internet-only news websites (36 percent).

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