Physicians aside there seems to be a roughly inverse relationship between respect for integrity and pay. Hmm. What does that tell us, nice guys finish last?
I am glad to see that lawyers at least finish above legislators, HMO managers, and car and insurence salesmen in public perceptions of our integrity, and at least tie with business mangers.
--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> [just in from Gallup...]
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> Nurses Top List of Most Honest and Ethical
> Professions
> Integrity of most medical professionals also highly
> rated
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> by Lydia Saad
> GALLUP NEWS SERVICE
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> 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
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> proportion (14%) says about the integrity of nurses
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> "average."
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> 2006 Honesty and Ethical Ratings Summary
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> 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
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> 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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> more at
> <http://www.galluppoll.com/content/?ci=25888>
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