Pharmacy ethics ratings
May 12, 2016
THE overwhelming majority of
Australians aged 14 and over (92%)
rate nurses as the most ethical and
honest profession, but pharmacists
ranked equal second with doctors
both 86% (up 2%), according to
the latest Roy Morgan “Image of
Professions” survey.
This ranks nurses at the top for
the 22nd year in a row since they
were first included on the poll,
which was conducted by telephone
on the nights of 04 and 05 May
with 655 Australian men and
women responding.
Of all 30 professions surveyed in
2015 a majority (23) increased in
regards to consumer perceptions of
their ethics and honesty.
Other professions that gained
high ratings included engineers
78% (up 4%), school teachers 77%
(down 1%), dentists 75% (up 4%)
police 72% (up 3% at an all-time
high and up from 53% in 1988 &
1989), high court judges 71% (up
3%) and state supreme court judges
70% (up 1%).
Losers in the 2015 poll include
ministers of religion 35% (down
4%), bank managers 30% (down
4%, and down 13% since 2014)
and union leaders 13% (down
1%) following last year’s Royal
Commission into union corruption
activities.
The lowest ranked profession
is as always, car salesmen 4%
(unchanged) a position they have
held for more than three decades,
with the next lowest being
advertising people 9% (up 4%, now
the same as 2013) and real estate
agents 10% (up 1%).
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