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PHOTO: Only one of these occupations tops the list of trusted occupations in Australia.\u00a0Source:\u00a0AAP<\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest Ethics Index has revealed we’ve all become “a little less trusting, more cynical and more divided.” So where do Australia’s ethics stand in 2022?<\/p>\n

State politicians are less trustworthy than their federal counterparts – and real estate agents<\/a>, according to the latest Ethics Index.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Top of the list on trusted occupations are nurses, followed by firefighters and paramedics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Compiled by the Governance Institute of Australia, the annual survey reveals an overall score of 42, down from 45 last year and slumping from a five-year high of 52 in 2020.<\/div>\n
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Frontline workers are among the most trusted in Australia.\u00a0Credit:\u00a0SBS<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
The worst sectors were media (-15), large corporations (-3) and resources companies (-1).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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High-end real estate agents are being plagued by fake buyers<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
“We are now seeing a distinct downward trend in trust and ethics,” institute head Megan Motto said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
State politics was the least ethical occupation, falling to last place with a net score of -22 (down from -10 in 2021 and 2 in 2020).<\/div>\n
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Ms Motto said the strong sense that “we’re all in it together” saw trust soar at the start of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Australians put their trust in governments and the medical profession and were largely rewarded.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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“But we have seen an unravelling since,” she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
“It seems we are a little less trusting, more cynical and more divided.”<\/div>\n
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Corruption, tax avoidance and dodgy advertising were top concerns about business.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Federal government and big corporations, not individuals, were seen as having the highest ethical obligation to respond to climate change, the survey conducted by Ipsos found.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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New real estate agents are in for a market shock<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Going on holiday with COVID-19 also poses an ethical dilemma for many Australians.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The survey found more than three-quarters (78 per cent) would take a test if symptoms appeared in the weeks before an interstate holiday.<\/div>\n
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And while ethics appear to be on the slide, expectations of good behaviour have grown.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The ethics expectation deficit – the gap between expectations of how ethical something should be and what occurs – widened this year to -37 (-28 in 2021).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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“The wider the gap, the bigger the indication that society is not performing the way we want it to,” Ms Motto said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The coming year’s top three ethical challenges are fixing aged care, more local manufacturing to reduce dependence on broken supply chains and action on climate and the environment.<\/div>\n
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Real Estate GURU warns real estate agents will lose their jobs | WATCH<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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