SOCIETAL LEADERS NOT TRUSTED TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT - 0 + Percent trust, in Italy Distrust Neutral Trust Change, 2020 to 2021 Societal leaders not trusted 72 60 58 39 36 36 35 +5 -3 -2 +4 -5 n/a -13 People in my local Government leaders Journalists Religious leaders CEOs 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 31 box, trust. Attributes shown to half of the sample; “My employer CEO” only shown to those that are an employee (Q43/1). General population, Italy.