What profession is most susceptible to Lies ?

Question

Is it advertising agents, lawyers, salesmen, plumbers ....etc...etc...

And why!

Answer 1

Politicians (though not a profession) followed by Lawyers - I think explanations are not required for both of these creatures.

Answer 2

...Y!A user!

Answer 3

Advertising is an industry built on slight lies -that a particular product is better. Law is based on truth, which often must be stretched if you want to get the desired outcome. Medicine is often guesswork, yet the doctors have to convince the patient that they know the answers. Sales is whatever you have to do to get someone to buy your product. All of these are susceptible to lies, as to be successful in any of these things one is tempted to lie. However, there are still those in each of these professions who are good people and try their best to be honest. Sales is perhaps the most difficult profession to be honest in, as many salespeople work solely on commission -no sale, no pay. Therefore, you are strongly tempted (perhaps even encouraged) to lie in order to close the deal in many sales jobs.  

Answer 4

Every proffesion has the same chance for people conducting lies. It is not the proffesion that  lies but the person in the proffesion.

The best answer to your question must come out from the one who never lies, if there were.  

Peace !!!

Answer 5

Having a lawyer in the family, my personal opinion is lawyers.

Answer 6

What about working for a creditcard company ?

.... Sucking people's money away...

Gaining money by ruining other people... lovely

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Lawyers are same in America if you ask me..

People are stupid and they get money for their stupidities because of those people.. pff that's what I call f**ked up

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How about priest... feeding people lies...

Answer 7

professing to be a preacher,and teaching people that they are going to h**l.god didnot create h**l for people,but for lucifer and his angels.

Answer 8

If I told you, I would have to kill you.  LOL

Answer 9

Business & Politics.

Answer 10

lawyers - the justice system is flawed, it's based on WHO convinces the judge more than who is actually correct. i always think a bit of psychology involved in the system would do wonders, but it's not the case, they need evidence, spoken or physical, and i feel the lie detector test can be passed...

sales - the motive of any business is to make PROFIT, and all things in their power are employed to achieve it, even downright lying, whether it's advertising, or speaking personally to the customer...

politicians - self control is everything. period...

Answer 11

My guess would be either:

Elected officials

-They tell people what they want to hear so they get reelected, and/or say what they're paid to say for the sake of their family. Very rarely does anything they promise before the election happen once their in office - whether its with the county, state, Congress, House of Reps or the White House.

Or:

Salesmen

-Again, they tell people what they want to hear about products in hopes of making a living.

Though, any profession can be extremely susceptible to lies and, in any profession it /can/ be avoided. It depends on the person.

Answer 12

you'll laugh but, aside from lawyers politicians, sales people, I think the biggest liars are the beggars. don't tell me you've never seen one in the street pretending to be blind or holding some doll covered with blankets just to make you think they have a new born baby...

and yes, begging is a profession for some...

Answer 13

i think probably somewhere in the mafia

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Answer 14

I would say that it doesn't really matter about profession as in my experience, everybody lies at some point or another. Some people tell dirty great whoppers over and over some people tell tiny little white lies very occasionally but we all do it I'm afraid. God I'm cynical.