The most and least trustworthy professions of 2016 revealed

Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan DhirajDecember 5, 2016October 19, 2018Education and Career

Public confidence in politicians has reached an all time low, according to the Ipsos Mori poll, Nurses, however, were found to be the most trustworthy professionals. The poll of 1,019 British adults was taken in October.

It found Politicians, in general, were only trusted by 15 per cent of people, while government ministers scored only marginally more trustworthy at 20 per cent of those asked.

Interestingly, The most trusted profession was nurses at 93%, with doctors just behind at 91% and Journalists were deemed particularly untrustworthy, with only 24% of people trusting them.

The most and least trustworthy professions of 2016 revealed:

1. Nurses
2. Doctors

3. Teachers
4. Judges

5. Scientists
6. Police

7. Clergy/priests
8. Hairdressers

9. Television news readers
10. The ordinary man/woman in the street

11. Civil Servants
12. Lawyers

13. Pollsters
14. Managers in the NHS

15. Economists
16. Charity chief executives

17. Trade union officials
18. Local councillors

19. Bankers
20. Business leaders

21. Estate agents
22. Journalists

23. Government Ministers
24. Politicians generally

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Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj

Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj is a publishing executive and economist who is the CEO and editor-in-chief of The CEOWORLD magazine, one of the world’s most influential and recognized global news publications. Additionally, he serves as the chair of the advisory board for the CEOWORLD magazine. He received his Ph.D. in Finance and Banking from the European Global School, Paris, France. He earned his Doctoral Degree in Chartered Accountancy from the European International University Paris, France, and a Doctorate in Business Administration from Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design (KNUTD), Ukraine. Dr. Amarendra also holds a Master of Business Administration degree in International Relations and Affairs from the American University of Athens, Alabama, United States.

Prof. Dr. Amarendra Bhushan Dhiraj is CEO and editor-in-chief of CEOWORLD magazine. You can follow him on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter.

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