The most interesting thing to come out of last weeks Roy Morgan telephone survey is the annual ratings of thirty Australian professions in terms of association with ethics and honesty.
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Unfortunately, nearly ALL professions are down since last year – a sign of the times perhaps, as Gary Morgan says:
“Falls in the image of 23 professions in 2009 is the highest number of falls we’ve ever recorded in the annual Roy Morgan Image of Professions survey — exceeding the falls in 21/28 professions in 2000 — after the bursting of the Dotcom bubble.
“Tough economic times invariably result in falls in the Roy Morgan Image of Professions survey. Before 2000, the record number of falls was 14/21 in 1991 — during the middle of Australia’s last recession — although despite these falls, Australian banks have something to cheer about with Bank managers (33%) unchanged despite the global financial crisis.
So while the banks are happy, Gary may not be so much. Suffering the biggest drop this year were Public Opinion Pollsters (along with University Lecturers) to a lowly seventeenth overall.
Finally, Union Leaders have been lumped in the cellar dwellars with the likes of Cars Salesmen, Advertisers, and Naomi Robson. That’s right, more Australians would trust John Laws than they would Union Leaders.
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