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INTRODUCTION

 Profession: A paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification.

 Professional: A professional is a member of a profession or any person who earns their living from a specified
professional activity. The term also describes the standards of education and training that prepare members of the
profession with the particular knowledge and skills necessary to perform their specific role within that
profession.

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PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

 With reference to Information Technology, Computer Science or Software


Engineering, the responsibilities of working professionals in this area include network
administration, software development and installation, and the planning and
management of an organization's technology life cycle, by which hardware and
software is maintained, upgraded and replaced.
 But these are not ENOUGH.

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ENGINEERING COUNCIL STATES THAT OTHER THAN PROFESSIONAL
KNOWLEDGE, AN ENGINEER MUST KNOW

 Technical decision making and its commercial and economic


implementation;…knowledge of government legislation affecting work, e.g. safety,
health, environmental requirements; an understanding of the principles of
management and industrial relations; some knowledge of trade unions and their
organization; an understanding of the engineer’s responsibility to the profession, to
the community and to the environment

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THE PROFESSIONALISM

 A profession isn’t just what you do, it’s who you are.

 Professionalism is a way of thinking and living rather than an accumulation of learning.

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TRAITS OF A PROFESSION

Four Traits of Profession


1. Varied activities requiring special skills
2. Society-centric motivation
3. Personal standards of excellence
4. Giving back to society

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A PROFESSIONAL BEHAVES ETHICALLY

 Ethics means something more than ‘law’ and ‘morals’.


 It carries an additional connotation of ‘rightness’.
 Breaking the law: can earn a fine or jail time
 Breaking a moral: can ruin your reputation
 Breaking an ethic: can ruin your conscience
It’s possible to break all three, simultaneously!

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TRAITS OF A PROFESSIONAL

 Being a professional means that they are certain traits which are expected from you.

 We will go through Each of them

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TRAIT # 1 OF A PROFESSIONAL: SERIOUSNESS

 Serious about job


 The job is only a job. A means to an end

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TRAIT # 2 OF A PROFESSIONAL: WANTING TO DO BETTER

 Exhibit a never-ending quest to improve their performance in every variable, every


project, every relationship, and every detail.

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TRAIT # 3 OF A PROFESSIONAL: DEALING WITH THE UNEXPECTED

 Stuff happens, things change, and the true professional rises to the occasion

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TRAIT # 4 OF A PROFESSIONAL: COMMUNICATION SKILLS

 Clear
 Concise
 Confident

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TRAIT # 5 OF A PROFESSIONAL: ENTHUSIASM

 Attitude is everything. Those who exhibit enthusiasm for what they do and greet
each day with a positive attitude inevitably become a leader

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TRAIT # 6 OF A PROFESSIONAL: HELPFULNESS

 Understand that real success in the workplace requires teamwork


 Always ready to lend a hand
 Make a suggestion
 Offer a compliment when it’s deserved

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TRAIT # 7 OF A PROFESSIONAL: TAKING THE INITIATIVE

 Takes the initiative to get things done

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TRAIT # 8 OF A PROFESSIONAL: COOL UNDER PRESSURE

 Level headed and calm


 Cheerful demeanor-even under stressful times

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TRAIT # 9 OF A PROFESSIONAL: REMAINS FOCUSED

 Stay focused on the task at hand and the goal ahead


 Navigate through obstacles or setbacks but never lose sight of where they headed

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TRAIT # 10 OF A PROFESSIONAL: DON’T FOLLOW, LEAD

 True Professionals aren’t faint of heart


 Analyze the situation and willing to take new paths and try new solutions
 That’s why they call it LEADERSHIP!

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APPLYING PROFESSIONALISM IN REAL LIFE

Scenario #1
 You are the owner of a software engineering company. Your employees (engineers)
want you to pay for them to attend training.
 How would you respond in a way that is legal, moral, and ethical?

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SCENARIO #2

 You are the owner of a software engineering company. Your employees (engineers)
want you to let them do pro bono work for a local non-profit organization on
company time.
 How would you respond in a way that is legal, moral, and ethical?

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SCENARIO #3

 You are a software engineer at a company where management routinely encourages


you and your colleagues to use pirated software.
 How would you respond in a way that is legal, moral, and ethical?

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REFERENCES

 These lecture notes were taken from following source:


 Professional Issues in Software Engineering M.F. Bott et al. Latest edition
 Computer Ethics, Deborah G. Johnson, Pearson Education (2009) 4th edition

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