sin hemsida innebörden och betydelsen av tillit på följande sätt och då handlar det om tillit till samhällsinstitutioner (»trust in government«): 625625. http://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/governance/government-at-a-glance-2017/trust-in-government_gov_glance-2017-76-en. Besök 28 mars 2018.
»Trust can be understood as a positive perception about the actions of an individual or an organisation. This positive perception can be grounded in actual experience, but is determined to a large extent by the subjective assessment of individuals. Trust in government is both a driver of government effectiveness and economic development, and an outcome measure for government action. Trust in government leads to greater compliance with regulations and the tax system, facilitates social and political consensus, enhances the acceptance of policies that call for short-term sacrifices by citizens, and mobilises citizen engagement to enable open and inclusive governance processes. Trust in government also supports economic growth by stimulating investment and consumption. Levels of trust in government are influenced by whether citizens consider government as reliable, responsive and fair as well as capable of protecting citizens from risks and delivering public services effectively.«
Tillit är således en viktig byggsten för ett välfungerande samhälle och håller ihop samhället. 626626. Holmberg, Sören – Rothstein, Bo, Trusting other people, Journal of Public Affairs, Vol. 17. Issue 1-2, (2017), s. 1645. Se också DigiTrust: Tillit i det digitala, not 2, and Robin Kar, Contract as Empowerment, The University of Chicago Law Review, Vol 83, 2016, s. 759-834. Holmberg-Rothstein konstaterar: 627627. Holmberg-Rothstein, se not 6, s. 1645.
»Trust makes everything more reliable and safer in a society. Things run more smoothly, and efficiently, and many decisions can be taken faster because complicated legal procedures are not needed for securing contracts and cooperation.«
Tillit kan handla om såväl horisontella som vertikala relationer. De horisontella relationerna handlar om hur människor har – eller inte har – tillit till andra människor (»interpersonal trust«). Den vertikala relationen handlar om den tillit – eller brist på tillit – man som medborgare har till t.ex. politiker, myndigheter, skattesystemet m.fl., s.k. social tillit. Informationsteknologins utveckling har förändrat hur tilliten byggs upp. 628628. EUROSTAT-rapporten Communication of statistics in post-truth society: the good, the bad and the ugly, av Baldacci, Emanuele och Pelagalli, Felicia, från 2017, som handlar om den avtagande tilliten till officiell statistik, säger på s. 7 »We are living through an age where the reputation is the most valuable asset. Reputation is the measurement of how much a community trusts you and the extent of your credibility. We are not dealing with stable communities; rather we are dealing with contexts constantly changing depending on the platform within which we act ... Even the trustworthy sources have to gain trust and maintain their reputation.«