Accountants hold ground.

• Position: Survey Says - CNN/USA Today/Gallup ethics poll - Brief Article

The annual CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll on honesty and ethics asked the public to rate the honesty and ethics of 21 professions.

Historically, the ratings of business professions are below the average for all the "healing" professions. Nurses, for example, topped this year's list, while car salesmen and telemarketers ranked last.

This year was no different and, in fact, all the business professions' current ratings were lower than past years' results.

Accountants, however...