IN THE U.S., SOCIETAL LEADERS NOT TRUSTED TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT - 0 + Percent trust, in the U.S. Distrust Neutral Trust Change, 2020 to 2021 Societal leaders not trusted More likely to trust what is local 69 62 60 49 48 47 33 -4 +7 -6 -2 n/a -9 -6 l l My employer People in my local Government leaders CEOs Journalists Religious leaders Scientists CEO 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 21 box, trust. Attributes shown to half of the sample; “My employer CEO” only shown to those that are an employee (Q43/1). General population, U.S.