Best Societal Outcomes When Government and Business Work Together Percent who say GLOBAL 25 Excludes China and Thailand Approach most likely to result in constructive action averaged across climate change, discrimination, immigration, employee treatment, and income inequality Government and Both working Government only Business only business working independently working alone working alone in partnership 41 4x 21 more likely to yield 16 optimal results from 10 partnership than business alone 2023 Edelman Trust Barometer. GOV_VS_BUS1. For each of the societal issues listed below, please indicate which of the following is the most likely to result in your country being able to work through any ideological divisions that exist regarding the issue and take constructive action to address it. 5-point scale; code 5, government and business working in partnership; code 2, government and business working independently; code 3, government working alone; code 4, business working alone. Question asked of half of the sample. General population, 25-mkt avg. Data not collected in China and Thailand. Data is rebased to exclude those that said, “don’t know” and is showing an average of five issues.