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Social Trust Definition

by Brielle Peck
April 9, 2022
in Behavior, Culture, Relationship, Society
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The conviction that people are generally honest, fair, diligent, and kind is social trust. We share this trait with all human civilizations, organizations, and cultures. The following are some examples of social trust definition in action.

Professions 

People tend to trust others based on their occupation. According to a 2019 UK survey, 93 percent of people trust doctors, while only 26% trust journalists.

Development 

Highly developed countries are related to high levels of interpersonal trust. For example, Norway, the Netherlands, and Sweden ranked first in the 2014 World Value Survey on self-reported trust attitudes.

Tolerance

Tolerance is the ability to trust persons with whom you share few common standards, identification traits, or experiences. For instance, the ability to be kind and helpful to a foreign tourist who inadvertently breaks local customs and does not speak your language is an example of tolerance.

Norms

Norms are unwritten cultural rules that allow an individual to show respect for a culture and its people. This contributes to the development of trust.

A neighbor who follows neighborhood norms such as preserving their property, for example, may have a high level of trust, but a neighbor who disobeys norms may not.

Abundance Mentality

The abundance attitude believes that there is plenty for everyone and that other people’s triumphs do not detract from your own. Trust, teamwork, and win-win strategies are all part of this.

Trusting Character

The ability to trust is a character trait to be distinguished from naivety.

Professions

People tend to trust others based on their occupation. According to a 2019 UK survey, 93 percent of people trust doctors, while only 26% trust journalists.

Demographics

With age and marriage, people’s trusting attitudes improve.

Trustworthiness

The quality of trustworthiness describes a person’s ability to be trusted. Other character characteristics such as honesty, sincerity, loyalty, and diligence are used to support this claim.

Civility

Civility refers to following the rules and institutions that govern conflict resolution. This is a foundation for trust in a society or community since it permits you to adhere to rules even if you strongly disagree.

Objectivity

The notion of objectivity states that you should not bring your personal opinions into your job. This professor does not use their personal ideological views to color their lectures. Professional competency and trust in a profession, intuition, or institution such as a society require objectivity. 

Efficiency And Productivity

The economic efficiency and productivity required for a good living level are built on trust. For example, trust allows synchronization of processes and work since you know others will endeavor to produce on time and at a decent quality level.

Socialization

A fundamental aspect of socialization is trusting others and displaying trustworthiness. Children who learn to share things with their peers and siblings, for example, are learning to trust

Social trust is a powerful influence on human behavior. Socialization, objectivity, civility, and tolerance are some manifestations that demonstrate social trust as a concept. 

To understand how social trust is a key element in building communities, read through our blogs at Living By Example.

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Brielle Peck

Senior Editor
Brielle used to write for a pop culture magazine, where she handled a small “good news” section by the back of the print media. Brian and Cynthia took notice and offered her the editor post upon forming Living By Example . Years later and she now leads our pool of writers across the globe

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