5. Stockbrokers
% of people who ranked them low on honesty and ethics: 39%
The popular movie, ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ only helped to further cement the image of stockbrokers as being an unscrupulous lot who do not spare a thought before scamming good honest people out of their hard-earned cash. As if the scandal involving former stockbroker Bernie Madoff was not enough to sway public opinion against this much-maligned profession.
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