Burns, Greg,

Survey Shows Americans Less Trusting, More Suspicious Than Ever. Greg Burns. - Chicago Tribune, 2003. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Article 9, Human Relations, 1522-3248; .

Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2004. Originally Published: Survey Shows Americans Less Trusting, More Suspicious Than Ever, June 7, 2003; pp. n.p..

"Ah, trust me. Baseball star Sammy Sosa said it this week [June 2003] after getting caught with a corked bat, and so did Martha Stewart after her criminal indictment....Trouble is, Americans generally don't, at least not as much as they once did. Decades of opinion polling show a remarkably consistent slide in the overall level of trust." (CHICAGO TRIBUNE) This article examines America's declining level of trust and the possible explanations for it.

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Americans--Attitudes
Scandals
Social ethics
Social surveys
Trust

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