Seth Godin points to a Queensland report on the most trusted professions. Ambulance Officers rated highest, followed in the top 5 by firefighters, pilots, nurses and pharmacists.
CEOs (and by extension business executives) rated in at number 23 - ahead of real estate agents, car salesmen and politicians. Whats disturbing is that religious ministers / priests (14), bartenders (16), taxi drivers (19), lawyers (21) and journalists (22) rated higher!
Link: LHMU: Queensland News: Ambos voted our most trusted professionals - 07 June 2004.
I see from reading the article that the survey was actually completed by Reader's Digest Australia. These survey's really are starting to bother me. If we trust our leaders so little (politicians came in last) why don't we do something about it? It isn't ironic, it's just plain sad, that the people with the most power in our society (politicians, business executives, journalists, lawyers) are the ones we have learned to trust the least. What would make us trust them more? Greater transparency?
I vote Cam for prime minister!
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Posted by: MattyT | Thursday, May 19, 2005 at 01:54 PM
I guess it could be a case that the job is what we don't trust rather then the person. The other thing is, who made the situation the way it is? We the people! One party/person lied once and we voted for them. Then there opponent had to lie to keep up with the first persons lie. And then your in a vicious circle.
JMTC
Molly
Posted by: Phillip "molly" Malone | Thursday, May 19, 2005 at 02:04 PM
Sounds mighty similar to something I took the piss out of recently:
http://www.robirwin.com/2005/05/trust-readers-digest-to-come-up-with.html
Posted by: Rob Irwin | Thursday, May 19, 2005 at 05:02 PM