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Gallup Poll Ranks Accountants on Honesty and Ethics

Posted by AccountingWEB in on 12/12/2001 - 03:35

A recent poll jointly conducted by CNN, Gallup Organization, and USA Today ranked various professions according to how members are perceived in terms of conveying honesty and ethics. In recent years, nurses and pharmacists have monopolized the top positions on the annual survey.

This year, in the wake of the September 11 events, firefighters took a decisive victory as frontrunners in the poll. Accountants appeared in 11th position, with 41 percent of respondents giving the profession "High" or "Very High" ratings for honesty and ethical standards.

Rounding out the top 10 were Nurses in second position, followed by U.S. Military Personnel, Policemen, Pharmacists, Medical Doctors, Clergy, Engineers, College Teachers, and Dentists.

Following Accountants in the ranking of 23 professions were Bankers, Journalists, Congressmen, Business Executives, Senators, Auto Mechanics, Stockbrokers, Lawyers, Labor Union Leaders, Insurance Salesmen, Advertising Practitioners, and Car Salesmen.

One thousand five adults participated in the poll, which was conducted November 26 and 27.

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Accounting propaganda debunked

I actually looked at the poll results. The pollsters didn't even bother to ask the public about accountants until last year. We are so trusted that Gallup didn't consider us significant enough to test. I recommend everybody look at this poll. Maybe then some of us will remove our blinders and see how we really stand. Also, our score wasn't very high either in my opinion. Our most common score was "average." Many jobs did a lot better.

Posted by WAWPCCPA on 12/15/2001 - 10:44
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