Trust

What Has COVID Done to Our Trust?

A recent paper in The Lancet reports that there are significant associations between both trust interpersonally and, in the government, and standardized COVID-19 infection rates.

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Study: Black Students’ Trust in Their Colleges is Lower

Black undergraduates consistently said they trusted the people who run the colleges they attend – and society overall – substantially less than their white peers did. We have termed this difference the racial trust gap, and it was not a trivial difference.

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Filling out census form

Some Americans Don’t Trust the Census

The 2020 census is fraught with uncertainty for a variety of reasons, including a lack of money, a growing distrust in government and the months of debate over the now-dropped citizenship question – which the Census Bureau itself called a major barrier to participation.

3 years ago
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Trust and Justice in the Workplace

Brian C. Holtz of Temple University published “Trust Primacy: A Model of the Reciprocal Relations Between Trust and Perceived Justice” […]

11 years ago
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At What Level (and in Whom) We Trust

“For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together.” –H.L. Mencken Forbes recently reported […]

11 years ago
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