SOCIETAL LEADERS NOT TRUSTED Percent trust - 0 + Distrust Neutral Trust Change, 2021 to 2022 Scientists and employers most trusted 74 75 62 63 66 58 46 49 42 +1 +1 +1 0 0 +3 +3 n/a +2 Government Journalists CEOs Citizens of People in my National health My CEO My coworkers Scientists leaders my country local community authorities 2022 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 using a 9-point scale where one means that you “do not trust them at all” and nine means that you “trust them a great deal”. 9-point scale; top 4 box, trust. Some attributes asked of half the sample. General population, 27-mkt avg. “My coworkers” and “my CEO” only shown to those who are an employee of an organization (Q43/1).