by Tony Cartledge | Dec 9, 2020 | Opinion
Every year, the Gallup organization takes a poll of Americans with regard to which professions they deem to be the most honest and ethical – that is, who is worthy of our trust. In 2019, for the 18th straight year, nurses topped the poll, and by a wide margin....
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 8, 2020 | News
Nurses in the U.S. continue to receive high marks for honesty and ethics, according to a Gallup report published Jan. 6. Besting the next highest-rated profession (engineers) by 19 percentage points, nurses were perceived to have very high or high “honesty and ethical...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Dec 28, 2018 | News
The percentage of U.S. adults who view clergy as honest and ethical continues to decline, according to a Gallup report released Dec. 20. Only 37 percent of respondents rated clergy’s honesty and ethical standards as “high / very high,” down five points from 2017 and...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Jan 9, 2018 | News
Nursing is seen as the most honest and ethical profession in the U.S., according to a recent Gallup survey, while highly positive views of clergy reached an all-time low. The survey asked U.S. adults to answer the following question about 22 professions: “Please...
by Brian Warfield | May 12, 2017 | Opinion
Nurses deserve our utmost gratitude as they literally keep us alive physically, in addition to meeting our social, emotional and spiritual needs. May 12 is International Nurses Day, and I want to celebrate the work of nurses by offering a theological reflection on...