NEW YORK –- Car salesmen are the least trusted group of people, according to Gallup´s annual U.S. survey of professions. They ranked last in a list that included military officers, congressmen, lawyers, doctors and reporters.
Only 9 percent of survey respondents rated car salesmen´s honesty and ethics as high, reported Reuters. Nurses topped the list with 79 percent of those surveyed giving them a "high" or "very high" rating.
The survey was conducted in November through telephone interviews with 1,015 adults.
Americans ranked public service professions highest in honesty and ethics.
1. Nurses
2. Grade school teachers
3. Druggists, pharmacists
4. Military officers
5. Medical doctors
6. Policemen
7. Clergy
8. Judges
9. Day care providers
10. Bankers
11. Auto mechanics
12. Local officeholders
13. Nursing home operators
14. State officeholders
15. TV Reporters
16. Newspaper reporters
17. Business executives
18. Congressmen
19. Lawyers
20. Advertising practitioners
21.Car salesmen
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