These employees have the lowest reputation for honesty, according to Gallup
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Members of Congress now trail car salespeople in a ranking of the most and least trustworthy professions.
Lawmakers in Washington are dead last when it comes to their perceived honesty and ethics, according to a new survey from Gallup, which has evaluated various professions on these measures since 1976. The latest ratings are from a December poll that asked roughly 800 U.S. adults to rate each of 23 professions.
Other jobs at the bottom of the heap for their honesty and ethics: advertising pros, stockbrokers and insurance salespeople. As a more general profession, business executives also score poorly. Several professions also sank to new lows as measured by Gallup, including journalists, where 19% of those polled rated them as honest and ethical; clergy (32%); and pharmacists (55%).
