America’s Most Trusted Professionals: Clergy #7 Behind Nurses and Pharmacists
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- Posted on: Wed, December 27, 2006
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More than 84 percent of Americans said ethical standards for nurses are “very high” or “high.” It was the second-highest rating ever for any occupation. Firefighters scored 90 percent in December 2001, right after the World Trade Center attacks.
Clergy members placed seventh on the list for combined scores of “very high” and “high,” with a total of 58 percent. When evaluated only by the “very high” ratings, they tied for third place, along with veterinarians and medical doctors, at 16%.
Pharmacists came in second, with 17 percent of them receiving the “very high” rating.
Only 3 percent of Americans said clergy have “very low” ethical standards.
Car salesmen came in last on the list, with 55 percent of Americans saying they have low or very low ethics. No other profession came close to that level of skepticism.
Researchers also pointed out that Americans of different political persuasions evaluated many professions quite differently for honesty. This was especially true for clergy.
“Republicans have a more favorable view than Democrats of clergy and policemen,” Lydia Saad wrote in the Gallup News Service report. “Democrats are more positive than Republicans about the ethics of college teachers, psychiatrists, journalists, lawyers and senators.”
Results were based on telephone interviews with 1,009 adults. The interviews were conducted Dec. 8-10.
SOURCE: The Baptist Standard
http://www.baptiststandard.com/postnuke/index.php?module=htmlpages&func=display&pidX35
TAGS: Pastors, Church Leadership, Religious Polls
Americans may trust their pastors almost as much as they trust their nurses. That’s according to a recent USA Today/Gallup Poll. For the sixth year in a row, nursing topped the list as the most ethical occupation in America, according to a survey of public perceptions of honesty and ethical standards for 23 occupations.
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Leonard on Wed, December 27, 2006
This is actually encouraging with all the Haggard and other situations that past few months. Thanks for posting this.
Peter Hamm on Wed, December 27, 2006
I wonder how much Americans trust people who take surveys!
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take surveys online on Sun, March 29, 2009
every nurse i know is such a good person. you have to be a good person to be a nurse.
anxiety on Tue, December 29, 2009
“Firefighters scored 90 percent in December 2001, right after the World Trade Center attacks.”
that is so true.
Allen on Fri, January 01, 2010
Illinois is experiencing a critical shortage of nurses and pharmacists in some regions of the state and experts believe that unless colleges create and expand programs, the situation will get worse before it gets better 640-816.
The main factors contributing to the nurse shortage are a lack of qualified nurse educators, and the current aging nurse workforce 640-822.
The pharmacist shortage, which is more complex, is caused by a scarcity of colleges that offer pharmacist programs, and a rise in the number of prescriptions 640-863.
642-456 on Mon, March 01, 2010
According to an annual Gallup survey on honesty and ethics, eighty-three percent of Americans placed nurses in the number one position as the most trusted professionals for the ninth consecutive year. Nurses have averaged an 81 percent ‘very high’ or ‘high’ rating for ethical and honesty standards since first appearing on the list in 1999. The exception was 2001, in the aftermath of 9/11, when firefighters held the top spot.
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