Abstract
The causal structure of the determinants of trust in industry, government, and citizen' s groups in Japan was investigated. Questionnaires concerning perceptions of trust in the organizations and the determinants were sent by mail to residents in the area where environmental risk problems had emerged. The data was analyzed by covariance structure analysis to construct models of trust in industry, government, and citizen's groups. As a result, ?eopenness and honesty', 'concern and care', 'ecompetence', 'people's concern with risks', and?econsensual values' were found to be factors directly determining trust. In particular, these models include?econsensual values', which do not appear in the model proposed by Peters et al.
