{"id":1627,"date":"2008-11-26t00:19:58","date_gmt":"2008-11-26t05:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=1627"},"modified":"2008-11-29t11:10:10","modified_gmt":"2008-11-29t16:10:10","slug":"gallup-accountants-top-rated-for-honesty-ethics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2008\/11\/26\/gallup-accountants-top-rated-for-honesty-ethics\/","title":{"rendered":"gallup: accountants ‘top-rated’ for honesty, ethics"},"content":{"rendered":"

among americans, 38% rate accountant ethics as above average or high to very high.<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>nurses have no peer in the gallup rankings today. but they are followed by pharmacists, high-school teachers, and medical doctors, all with close to two-thirds of americans rating them highly. just over half of americans consider the honesty and ethics of clergy members and the police high or very high.<\/p>\n

fewer than half of americans rate accountants as highly ethical. but they are much more likely to be viewed positively than negatively.<\/p>\n

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tom hood at the maryland society:<\/p>\n

cpas score among the highest, placing seventh in the annual gallup \/ usa today poll of who america trusts the most. actually, we rank first among business professionals!<\/em><\/p>\n

nurses ranked as the most trusted professionals as the poll asked people to rank how they would rate the honesty and ethical standards of people in the surveyed fields.<\/em><\/p>\n

cpas enjoyed a 38 percent (“very high \/ high”) and 51 percent (“average”) for a net positive of 81 percent. we scored very high compared to the rankings of lawyers (with a net of 26 percent), bankers (53 percent — they took an expected hit) and business executives (24 percent). stockbrokers, at 7 percent, beat congress by a 1 percent net. (i wonder who the 6 percent were who voted positive?)<\/em><\/p>\n

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see: tom hood’s take<\/a> and\u00c2\u00a0 nurses shine while bankers slump in ethics ratings<\/a>.<\/p>\n