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Country Report Trust in Australia
21st ANNUAL
EDELMAN TRUST General Online Population Informed Public
BAROMETER 500 respondents in U.S. and China;
1,150 100 respondents in Nigeria;
Methodology respondents per country 200 in all other countries
Ages Represents 17% of total global population
18+ Must meet 4 criteria:
Online survey in 28 countries* ‣ Age 25-64
All slides show general
33,000+ respondents online population data ‣ College-educated
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer fieldwork unless otherwise noted ‣ In top 25% of household income
per age group in each country
conducted from October 19 to November 18, 2020
‣ Report significant engagement in public
policy and business news
*The 2021 Trust Barometer 27-market global averages (for
the general population, mass population and informed
public) do not include Nigeria Mass Population
27-market global data margin of error: General population +/- 0.6% All population not including
(N=31,050); informed public +/- 1.3% (N=6,000); mass population +/-
0.6% (N=25,050+); half-sample global general online population +/-
informed public
0.8% (N=15,525).
Country-specific data margin of error: General population +/- 2.9% Represents 83% of total global
(N=1,150); informed public +/- 6.9% (N=min 200, varies by country), population
except for China and U.S. +/- 4.4% (N=500) and Nigeria +/- 9.8%
(N=100); mass population +/- 3.0% to 3.6% (N=min 736, varies by
country), except for Nigeria +/- 2.9% (N=1,125).
U.S. Post-Election Supplement margin of error: +/- 2.5% (N=1,500).
U.S. Post-Election Supplement ethnicity-specific data margin of error:
Non-Hispanic White +/- 3.3% (N=894); all others +/- 4.0 (N=607). 221 YEARS OF TRUST
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Rising Fall of the Earned Media U.S. Trust A “Person Like Business More Young People Trust in Performance Business Must
Influence of Celebrity CEO More Credible Companies in Shifts from Me” Emerges Trusted Than Have More Business and Partner With
NGOs Than Europe Suffer “Authorities” as Credible Government Trust in Plummets Transparency Government to
Advertising Trust Discount to Peers Spokesperson and Media Business Essential to Regain Trust
Trust
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Fall of Crisis of Business Trust is Growing Trust in The Battle Trust Trust: Declaring
Government Leadership to Lead Essential to Inequality Crisis for Truth at Work Competence Information
and Ethics
the Debate Innovation of Trust Bankruptcy
for Change
32020 2021 YoY
General population General population Change
AUSTRALIA LEADS 54 Global 27 56 Global 27 +2
82 China 77 India -2
THE GLOBE IN 79 India 72 China -10
TRUST GAINS 73
66
Indonesia
Thailand
72
69
Indonesia
Saudi Arabia
-1
+8
65 UAE 68 Singapore +6
62 Mexico 67 UAE +2
Trust Index 62 Singapore 66 Malaysia +6
61 Saudi Arabia 63 The Netherlands +6
- 0 + 60 Malaysia 61 Thailand -5
Distrust Neutral Trust Change, 2020 to 2021 59 Australia +12
57 Kenya
(1-49) (50-59) (60-100)
57 The Netherlands 59 Kenya +2
53 Canada 59 Mexico -3
53 Colombia 56 Canada +3
51 Brazil 53 Germany +7
Greatest decline in China (-10); 50 S. Korea 52 Italy +3
greatest increase in Australia (+12) 51 Brazil 0
49 Argentina
49 Italy 50 Ireland +5
47 Australia 48 Colombia -5
16 countries gained trust,
47 U.S. 48 France +3
9 countries lost trust
46 Germany 48 S. Africa +4
45 France 48 U.S. +1
45 Ireland 47 Argentina -2
45 Spain 47 S. Korea -3
44 S. Africa 45 Spain 0
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. The Trust Index is the average
percent trust in NGOs, business, government and media. TRU_INS. 42 Japan 45 UK +3
Below is a list of institutions. For each one, please indicate how
much you trust that institution to do what is right. 9-point scale; top 4 42 UK 40 Japan -2
box, trust. General population, 27-mkt avg. 4
30 Russia 31 Russia +12021 2021
Trust gap
TRUST INEQUALITY Informed public Mass population
68 Global 27 52 Global 27 Record trust inequality
DEEPENS 86 India 68 China
16
14
86 Saudi Arabia 68 Indonesia 15
Trust Index 83 Indonesia 67 India 19
82 China 67 Saudi Arabia 19
79 The Netherlands 66 Singapore 10
79 UAE 65 UAE 14
78 Malaysia 63 Malaysia 15
Distrust Neutral Trust 77 Australia 62 17
The Netherlands
(1-49) (50-59) (60-100)
76 Singapore 58 Kenya 7 DOUBLE-DIGIT TRUST
75 Thailand 56 Mexico 10 INEQUALITY IN RECORD
66 Italy 56 Thailand 19 NUMBER OF COUNTRIES
66 Mexico 55 Australia 22
Nr. of countries with
65 France 55 Canada 9 double-digit trust inequality
65 Kenya 52 Germany 10
Mass population 16 points less trusting Global 22 21
65 S. Africa 51 Italy 15
64 Canada 49 Nigeria* 3
63 Ireland 48 Ireland 15
62 Brazil 47 Brazil 15
62 Germany 46 Colombia 13 7
62 U.S. 45 France 20
59 Colombia 44 Argentina 12
59 S. Korea 44 S. Africa 21
59 UK 44 Spain 13 2012 2021
57 Spain 44 U.S. 18
56 Argentina 43 S. Korea 16
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. The Trust Index is the average
percent trust in NGOs, business, government and media. TRU_INS. 52 Japan 43 UK 16
Below is a list of institutions. For each one, please indicate how 52 Nigeria* 39 Japan 13
much you trust that institution to do what is right. 9-point scale; top 4
41 Russia 28 Russia 13
box, trust. Informed public and mass population, 27-mkt avg.
*Nigeria not included in the global average 5PERSISTENT TRUST INEQUALITY IN AUSTRALIA
Trust
Trust Index (60-100)
Neutral
(50-59)
77 Informed Distrust
Record high (1-49)
Public
68
22pt gap
63
59
58 23pt gap
54 55 55
53 52
Mass
49
47 Population
14pt gap 46 45
43
41 40
39 38 39
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. The Trust Index is the average percent trust in NGOs, business, government and media. TRU_INS. Below is a list of institutions. For each one, please indicate
how much you trust that institution to do what is right. 9-point scale; top 4 box, trust. Informed public and mass population, Australia. 6SPRING TRUST BUBBLE BURSTS;
BIGGEST LOSS FOR GOVERNMENT - 0 +
Distrust Neutral Trust Change, wave to wave
Trust Index, 11 countries included in the 2020 Trust Barometer Spring Update (1-49) (50-59) (60-100)
+/- Jan 2020 to +/- May 2020 to
Global 11 Government May 2020 Jan 2021
S. Korea +16 -17
+/- May 2020 UK +24 -15
to Jan 2021
China +5 -13
61 Government -8
-8
Mexico +12 -12
Media -6
-5 -6
+6 Canada +20 -11
NGOs -6
-6
India +6 -8
56 Business -3
-3
55 U.S. +9 -6
Government was the most Germany +19 -5
trusted institution in May,
then lost its lead 6 months later Japan -5 -1
Saudi Arabia +5 -1
Jan 2020 May 2020 Jan 2021
France +13 +2
2
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. The Trust Index is the average percent trust in NGOs, business, government and media. TRU_INS. Below is a list of institutions. For each one, please indicate
how much you trust that institution to do what is right. 9-point scale; top 4 box, trust. General population, 11-mkt avg. 7TRUST SURGE IN AUSTRALIA: BUSINESS,
GOVERNMENT, NGOS NOW TRUSTED - 0 +
Distrust Neutral Trust Change, 2020 to 2021
Percent trust, in Australia
Business NGOs Government Media
63
59
62 61
51
+12
pts
TRUST INDEX
Change,
2020 to 2021
+11 +8 +17 +12
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. The Trust Index is the average percent trust in NGOs, business, government and media. TRU_INS. Below is a list of institutions. For each one, please indicate
how much you trust that institution to do what is right. 9-point scale; top 4 box, trust. General population, Australia. 8TWO DIFFERENT TRUST REALITIES IN AUSTRALIA
Percent trust, in Australia - 0 +
Distrust Neutral Trust Change, 2020 to 2021
Business NGOs Government Media
80 79 76 73
77
TRUST INDEX
Informed public
All institutions trusted
+7 +5 +12 +14
Trust gap,
22 informed public vs.
mass population
22 21 18 28
55
TRUST INDEX
Mass population
No institutions trusted
58
+8
58
+7
58
+17
45
+9
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. The Trust Index is the average percent trust in NGOs, business, government and media. TRU_INS. Below is a list of institutions. For each one, please indicate
how much you trust that institution to do what is right. 9-point scale; top 4 box, trust. Mass population and informed public, Australia. 9RECORD TRUST HIGHS ACROSS THE BOARD - 0
+
Percent trust in each institution Distrust Neutral Trust Change, 2020 to 2021
(1-49) (50-59) (60-100)
Business Government
63
61
+11
52 52 52 +17
49 48
45 46 45 45
44 44
42
38 37 37
35
33 32
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Media NGOs
62
57 +8
55 56
54
51 52 52
50
48 48
+12
42
40 39
36
33 34
32 32 31
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. TRU_INS. Below is a list of institutions. For each one, please indicate how much you trust that institution to do what is right. 9-point scale; top 4 box, trust.
General population, Australia. 10BUSINESS AND NGOS
NOW SEEN AS BOTH ETHICAL 2021
COMPETENT 35 2020
AND ETHICAL
NGOs
(8, 20)
(Competence score, net ethical score), Media Business
(-9, 7) (20, 13)
in Australia
Government
(-10, 13)
LESS COMPETENT - 50 50 COMPETENT
-35
UNETHICAL
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. The ethical scores are averages of nets based on INS_PER_DIM/1-4. Question asked of half of the sample. The competence score is a net based on
TRU_3D_INS/1. Depending on the question it was either asked of the full of half the sample. General population, Australia. For full details regarding how this data was calculated and plotted,
please see the Technical Appendix. 11TRUST INCREASES IN ALL SECTORS BUT TECHNOLOGY
Percent trust in each sector, in Australia
- 0
+
Distrust Neutral Trust Change, 2020 to 2021
75
68 68 69 70 70
61 61 61 63
57 58 59
53
50
+7 +8 +6 +7 +3 +2 +2 -5 +1 +1 +2 +6 +1 +5 +9
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. TRU_IND. Please indicate how much you trust businesses in each of the following industries to do what is right. 9-point scale; top 4 box, trust. Industries shown
to half of the sample. General population, Australia. 12INDUSTRY SECTORS OVER TIME
- 0
+
Percent trust in each sector, in Australia Distrust Neutral Trust Change, 2012 to 2021
10yr.
Industry 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Trend
Healthcare - - - - 71 72 69 70 66 75 n/a
Food and beverage 67 63 68 67 68 70 67 74 67 68 +1
Consumer packaged goods 56 54 58 58 62 61 56 64 59 61 +5
Entertainment - 61 64 66 66 63 61 70 59 61 n/a
Technology 74 65 73 71 72 71 68 72 66 61 -13
Automotive 58 58 60 59 55 61 54 64 56 59 +1
Telecommunications 47 45 48 50 55 54 53 53 51 58 +11
Energy 41 36 41 43 51 50 39 45 45 53 +12
Financial services 46 38 46 43 48 50 49 45 43 50 +4
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. TRU_IND. Please indicate how much you trust businesses in each of the following industries to do what is right. 9-point scale; top 4 box, trust. Industries shown
to half of the sample. General population, Australia. 13PANDEMIC ACCELERATES JOB LOSS FEARS
Percent who agree, in Australia
As a result of the of the pandemic, I worry that the pandemic will accelerate
a portion of our workforce has seen their the rate at which companies replace
work hours reduced or their human workers with AI and robots
jobs eliminated
A large percentage
A small percentage
63 29 34
% 54 %
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. LAY_OFFS. Has the organization you work for had to lay-off or furlough any employees as a result of the economic impact of the pandemic? Code 1, yes, a large
percentage; code 2, yes, a small percentage. Question asked of those who are an employee (Q43/1). Total layoff/furlough percentage is a sum of code 1 and 2. SOC_AGR. Please indicate how much
you agree or disagree with the following statements. 9-point scale; top 4 box, agree. Question asked of half of the sample. General population, Australia. 14Percent who are concerned
PANDEMIC ADDED Percent who are fearful
TO PERSISTENT
86
PERSONAL AND
SOCIETAL FEARS
Percent who are concerned, 66 65
and percent who are fearful, in
Australia 57
54
59
36 33
29
25
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. POP_EMO. Some people say
they worry about many things while others say they have few
concerns. We are interested in what you worry about. Specifically, Job loss (net) Climate change Hackers and Losing my Contracting
how much do you worry about each of the following? 9-point scale; cyber-attacks freedoms as a COVID-19
top 4 box, worry; top 2 box, fear. Non-job loss attributes shown to citizen
half of the sample. General population, Australia. Job loss asked of
those who are an employee (Q43/1). Job loss is a net of attributes 1-
3, 5, and 22-24. 15INCREASED
URGENCY TO Change in importance since last
year, in Australia Net change
More
Important
Less
Important
ADDRESS
FOUNDATIONAL Improving our healthcare system +48 58 10
PROBLEMS Addressing poverty in this country +44 54 10
Change in importance since last year
Finding ways to combat fake news +42 53 11
(more important minus less important)
Protecting people's individual freedoms +39 49 10
Closing the economic and social divide +36 48 12
Improving our education system +34 45 11
Addressing climate change +32 49 17
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. IMP_POL_PRIORITIES. For each of Addressing discrimination, racism +28 42 14
the following issues and challenges, please indicate whether our
country addressing it has become more important to you, less
important to you, or has stayed the same in importance, since last year.
5-point scale; top 2 box; more important; bottom 2 box, less important.
General population, Australia. Net change is the difference between
more and less important. 16PANDEMIC DEEPENS INEQUITIES AROUND THE WORLD
Percent who agree
Those with less education, less money and fewer resources are being unfairly
burdened with most of the suffering, risk of illness, and need to sacrifice due to the pandemic
78
72 70 70 69 68 66 65 65 65 65 64 63 63 61 59 58 58 58 58 57 57 55 55 54 54 54
Global 27 52
62%
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. CV1_Q3. Please indicate your level of agreement with the statements below using a nine-point scale where one means “strongly disagree” and nine means “strongly
agree”. 9-point scale; top 4 box, agree. Question asked of half of the sample. General population, 27-mkt avg.
*Nigeria not included in the global average 17TRUST SHIFTS IN LEADERS TO DO WHAT’S RIGHT
- 0 +
Percent trust, in Australia Distrust Neutral Trust Change, 2020 to 2021
More likely to trust what is local
77
68 68
50 52
48
44
+5 +9 +5 +13 n/a -5 -3
People in my local
Religious leaders CEOs Journalists Government leaders My employer CEO Scientists
community
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. TRU_PEP. Below is a list of groups of people. For each one, please indicate how much you trust that group of people to do what is right. 9-point scale; top 4
box, trust. Attributes shown to half of the sample; “My employer CEO” only shown to those that are an employee (Q43/1). General population, Australia. 18INSTITUTIONAL SPOKESPEOPLE
GAIN CREDIBILITY
Percent who rate each as very/extremely credible
- 0 + Change, 2020 to 2021 All-time low
as a source of information about a company, in Australia
CEO credibility at all-time
lows in India, Brazil,
Indonesia, Argentina,
58 Russia, France and Japan
55
52
45 44 42
38 37 36
-3 -8 -4 +14 +1 -13 +10 -2 +1
Academic Company technical A person like Government NGO Regular Journalist CEO Board of directors
expert expert yourself official representative employee
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. CRE_PPL. Below is a list of people. In general, when forming an opinion of a company, if you heard information about a company from each person, how
credible would the information be--extremely credible, very credible, somewhat credible, or not credible at all? 4-point scale; top 2 box, credible. Question asked of half of the sample. General
population, Australia. 19NO MEDIA SOURCE TRUSTED
Percent trust in each source for general news and information, in Australia
61 61 Trusted (60-100)
57 58 56 Change
55 55
54 2020-2021
57 57 53
49 51
53 51 52 Traditional media -3
48 49 47
46
34 36 35 38 Search engines* -1
31 33
28 29 32
26 26
31 32 Owned media +5
28 28
24 26
23 23 23
Social media +9
2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. COM_MCL. When looking for general news and information, how much would you trust each type of source for general news and information? 9-point scale;
top 4 box, trust. Question asked of half of the sample. General population, Australia.
*From 2012-2015, “Online Search Engines” were included as a media type. In 2016, this was changed to “Search Engines.” 20NEWS ORGANISATIONS SEEN AS BIASED
Percent who agree, in Australia
Journalists and reporters Most news organizations The media is not doing well at
are purposely trying to are more concerned with being objective and non-
mislead people by saying supporting an ideology or partisan
things they know are false or political position than with
gross exaggerations informing the public
64 % 68 % 59 %
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. POP_EMO. Some people say they worry about many things while others say they have few concerns. We are interested in what you worry about. Specifically, how
much do you worry about each of the following? 9-point scale; top 4 box, worry. Attributes shown to half of the sample. ATT_MED_AGR. Below is a list of statements. For each one, please rate how
much you agree or disagree with that statement. 9-point scale; top 4 box, agree. Question asked of half of the sample. PER_MED. How well do you feel the media is currently doing each of the
following? Please indicate your answer using the 5-point scale below. 5-point scale; bottom 3 box, not doing well. Question asked of half of the sample. General population, Australia. 21PRIORITIES SHIFT:
MY INFORMATION Change in importance since
More Less
the start of the year, in Net change
LITERACY NOW Australia...
Important Important
MATTERS MORE Prioritizing my family and their needs +44 54 10
Change in importance since last year
(more important minus less important)
Being politically aware +33 44 11
Increasing my media
and
+30 41 11
information literacy
Increasing my science literacy +23 37 14
Speaking out when I see need for
changes and reforms
+22 35 13
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. IMP_VALUES. For each of the
following, please indicate whether it has become more important to
you, less important to you, or has stayed the same in importance, since
last year. 5-point scale; top 2 box; more important; bottom 2 box, less
important. Question asked of half of the sample. General population,
Australia. Net change is the difference between more and less
important. 22IN AUSTRALIA, LESS THAN 1 IN 4
HAVE GOOD INFORMATION HYGIENE
Percent in each segment
Information hygiene:
43
50% of respondents
1. News engagement
share or forward news
35
2. Avoid information echo items that they find to be
chambers interesting.
3. Verify information Of those, only 24% have
22
4. Do not amplify
good information hygiene
unvetted information
Poor Moderate Good
information hygiene information hygiene information hygiene
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. MED_SEG_OFT. How often do you engage in the following activities related to news and information? Indicate your answer using the 7-point scale below. 7-
point scale; top 5 box, several times a month or more. General population, Australia. For full details on how the Information Hygiene Scale was built, please refer to the Technical Appendix. 23BUSINESS EXPECTED TO FILL VOID
LEFT BY GOVERNMENT
Percent who agree, in Australia
CEOs should step in CEOs should take the lead CEOs should hold
when the government does not fix on change rather than waiting themselves accountable to
societal problems for government to impose change the public and not just to the
on them board of directors or stockholders
66 % 72 % 78
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. CEO_EXP. Below is a list of potential expectations that you might have for a company CEO. Thinking about CEOs in general, whether they are global CEOs or a CEO who oversees a
%
particular country, how would you characterize each using the following three-point scale? 3-point scale, sum of codes 2 and 3. Question asked of half of the sample. CEO_AGR. Thinking about CEOs, how strongly do you
agree or disagree with the following statement? 9-point scale; top 4 box, trust. Question asked of half of the sample. General population, Australia. 24CONSUMERS AND EMPLOYEES
EXPECTED TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE
Percent who agree, in Australia
73Consumers …
% 66
Employees …
% 59 % of those who
are employed
I am more likely now than a year
have the power to force ago to voice my objections to
management or engage in
corporations to change workplace protest
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. TMA_SIE_SHV. Please indicate how much you agree or disagree with the following statements. 9-point scale; top 4 box, agree. Question asked of half of the
sample. EMP_ENG. Thinking about your current employer, to what extent do you agree with the following statements? 9-point scale; top 4 box, agree. Question asked of those who are an
employee (Q43/1). General population, Australia. 25TRUST IS LOCAL:
MY EMPLOYER A MAINSTAY OF TRUST - 0 +
Distrust Neutral Trust Change, 2020 to 2021
Percent trust in my employer
Australia Trust in my employer stable or rising in 18 of 27 countries
92 89 86 85 83 83 82
76
79 79 79
78%
78 77 76 76 76 76 75 74 73 72 72 71 70 70 69 66
60 58
My employer
My employer more
trusted than institutions
Business 63
NGOs 62
0
l -1 +2 +1 +7 +2 0
l -1 +5 0 +3 +4 +1 +1 +4 0
ll
-3 -12 0 0
ll -2 -6 +4 n/a
l ll
-1 +3 -4 -1
Government 61
Media 51
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. TRU_INS. [Your employer] Below is a list of institutions. For each one, please indicate how much you trust that institution to do what is right. 9-point scale; top 4
box, trust. General population, Australia. Question asked among those who are employed (Q43/1). 26BEHIND GOVERNMENT, EMPLOYERS EMERGE AS MOST
TRUSTED
Percent who believe information from each source automatically, or after seeing it twice or less,
in Australia
Communications from… National My employer Media reports, Major Advertising Media reports, My social
government named source corporations anonymous media
source
62
59
56
Nr. of times they need to see 50
the information repeated 47 47
before believing it:
45 35
Once or twice 47 45
40 37 38
If I see it here, I will
automatically assume it is true 28
17
12 11 10 10 9 7
I will never believe it is true
10 7 13 20 24 21 36
if this is the only place I see it
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. HEAR_TIME1. When you see a new piece of information or a news story in each of the following information sources, how many times do you need to see it or hear
it repeated in that same type of information source before you believe it is really true? Question asked of half of the sample. “Once or twice” is a sum of codes 2 and 3. General population, Australia.
“Employer communications” only shown to those that are an employee (Q43/1). 27EMPLOYEE
EXPECTATIONS
SHIFT: SAFETY
AND UPSKILLING Change in importance as an
employer attribute since the More Less
Net change
MATTER MORE start of the year in Australia... Important Important
Change in importance since last year Keep workers, customers safe 57 12
+45
(more important minus less important)
Regular employee
+44 54 10
communications
Job skills training programs +39 51 12
Diverse, representative
+32 46 14
workforce
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. EMP_IMP_VAL. When considering
an organization as a potential place of employment, please indicate
whether each of the following has become more important to you, less
important to you, or has stayed the same in importance since last year.
5-point scale; top 2 box; more important; bottom 2 box, less important.
Question asked of those who are an employee (Q43/1). General
population, Australia. Net change is the difference between more and
less important. 28BUSINESS GAINS THE MOST TRUST BY
BEING A GUARDIAN OF INFORMATION QUALITY
Percent increased likelihood of trusting business associated with performing well on each action
When these actions are performed well… Increased likelihood of trust
Guarding information quality +5.8%
Embracing sustainable practices +5.7%
Robust COVID-19 health and safety response +4.8%
Driving economic prosperity +4.7%
Long-term thinking over short-term profits +4.6%
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. Discrete choice analysis; results shown are marginal effects on likelihood to trust. PER_BUS. How well do you feel business is currently doing each of the
following? 5-point scale; top 2 box, doing well. Question asked of half of the sample. TRU_INS. Below is a list of institutions. For each one, please indicate how much you trust that institution to do
what is right. 9-point scale; top 4 box, trust. General population, 27-mkt avg. For a full explanation of how this data was calculated, please see the Technical Appendix. 29USE IT OR LOSE IT
1 2 3 4
Business: Embrace Lead with facts, Provide Don’t go it alone
expanded mandate act with empathy trustworthy content
CEOs must lead on issues Business, government, NGOs
Societal leaders must have the All institutions must provide and others must find a
from sustainability and courage to provide straight truthful, unbiased, reliable
systemic racism to upskilling. common purpose and take
talk, but also empathise and information. collective action to solve
Act first, talk after. address people’s fears. societal problems.
301 Ruby Princess cruise ship departs Sydney: James D. Morgan/Getty Images 2 Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces further measures to stop the spread of COVID-19: Sam Mooy/Getty Images 3 COVID-19 application: Daria Nipot/Shutterstock 4 New South Wales Firefighters battling blaze: Karl Hofman/Shutterstock 5 Protests in Hyde Park to change the controversial date of Australia day: Holli/Shutterstock 6 Woman wearing a mask on a Melbourne tram: Dave Hewinson/Shutterstock 7 Vehicles waiting at COVID-19 checkpoint to cross the state border into Queensland: Igor Corovic/Shutterstock 8 Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews holds a press conference during Stage 3 lockdowns: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images 9 Stage 3 COVID-19 restriction warnings in Melbourne: Dave Hewinson/Shutterstock 10 Sydney Opera House with light display: Srikant Sahoo/Shutterstock.
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