TRUST 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 52 50 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 17 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.