Nurses Top List of Most Honest and Ethical Professions Integrity of most medical professionals also highly rated
by Lydia Saad GALLUP NEWS SERVICE
PRINCETON, NJ -- Someone seeking a job that commands high respect need look no further than nursing. For the eighth consecutive year, nurses top Gallup's annual list of occupations rated for their honesty and ethical standards, earning high marks from more than four in five Americans. A combined 84% of Americans describe nurses' ethics as "very high" or "high." What's more, only 2% of Americans say nurses have low ethical standards. The worst any sizeable proportion (14%) says about the integrity of nurses is that it is "average."
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2006 Honesty and Ethical Ratings Summary
very high/ very low/ net
high average low high Nurses 84 14 2 82 Druggists or pharmacists 73 23 4 69 Veterinarians 71 23 2 69 Medical doctors 69 26 6 63 Dentists 62 34 4 58 Engineers 61 33 3 58 College teachers 58 32 7 51 Clergy 58 29 9 49 Policemen 54 34 11 43 Psychiatrists 38 42 12 26 Bankers 37 52 10 27 Chiropractors 36 48 10 26 Journalists 26 48 25 1 State governors 22 52 26 -4 Business executives 18 53 27 -9 Lawyers 18 42 38 -20 Stockbrokers 17 56 23 -6 Senators 15 49 35 -20 Congressmen 14 45 40 -26 Insurance salesmen 13 51 34 -21 HMO managers 12 45 37 -25 Advertising practitioner 11 49 35 -24 Car salesmen 7 36 55 -48
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Politicized Ratings
Eight of the 23 professions rated this year elicit significantly different honesty ratings from Republicans and Democrats. Democrats are more positive than Republicans about the ethics of college teachers, psychiatrists, journalists,
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lawyers, and senators. Republicans have a more favorable view than Democrats of clergy and policemen.