As bankers have now been demonized, the cause of everything evil in the world, we thought it was a good time to run a quick poll in order to establish whether the public perception of those who work in the financial markets is correct.

Over 3,000 bankers participated in the poll, and here are the results:

51.2% of respondents agreed or totally agreed with the statement that unethical behaviour was rife in the financial markets.

5.3% totally disagreed.

28.1% of respondents agreed or totally agreed with the statement that racist behaviour was rife in the financial markets.

18.3% disagreed.

57.3% of respondents agreed or totally agreed with the statement that sexist behaviour was rife in the financial markets.

6.1% totally disagreed.

35.6% of respondents agreed or totally agreed with the statement that homophobic behaviour was rife in the financial markets.

21.5% disagreed.

51.9% of respondents said that they agreed or totally agreed with the statement that drunken behaviour was rife in the financial markets.

8.9% totally disagreed.

41.7% of respondents agreed or totally agreed with the statement that the use of drugs was rife in the financial markets.

12.2% totally disagreed.

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