Professional ethics
- 1. S U B M I T T E D B Y : P R A C H I C H A U D H A R Y PROFFESSIONAL ETHICS
- 2. WHAT IS A PROFESSION? A profession as a vocation requiring advanced education and training. A profession is a job that requires specific training and is regulated by certain standards. According to Roscoe Pound he defined profession as a group pursuing a learned art as a common calling in the spirit of public service.
- 3. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS A profession is a vocation founded upon specialized high educational training, the purpose of which is to supply objective counsel and service to others, for a direct and definite compensation. Professional ethics encompass the personal and corporate standards of behavior expected of professionals. Professional Ethics is concerned with one’s behavior and conduct when carrying out professional work. It is codified and varies across different cultures. Professional ethics the ethical norms, values, and principles that guide a profession and the ethics of decisions made within the profession.
- 4. Professional Ethics Consequences based Ethics- outcomes Ideal based Ethics- character Principle based Ethics- rules, codes, standards
- 5. DEFINITION OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Banks (2003) explains that “a code of ethics is usually a written document produced by a professional association, occupational regulatory body, or other professional body with the stated aim of guiding the practitioners who are members, protecting service users and safeguarding the reputation of the profession”. The Secondary Education Commission has stated “They (teachers) will not look upon their work as an unpalatable means of carrying a scanty living but as an avenue through which they are rendering significant social services as well as finding some measure of self- fulfilment and self-expression.”
- 6. CONCEPT OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Professional ethics is a set of beliefs that a teacher accepts concerning relationships with students, colleagues, employers, and parents(or guardians and caregivers of children), all of whom are stakeholders in the life of the teacher. These principles guide the teacher in their daily activities in working with their stakeholders Professional ethics give a certain set of broad principles derived in turn from a spectrum of values which are arrived at after deep philosophical reflection on the nature and role of the profession in the life of mankind.
- 7. COMPONENTS OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS Some professional organizations may define their ethical approach in terms of a number of discrete components. Typically these include: Honesty Integrity Transparency Accountability Confidentiality Objectivity Respectfulness Obedience to the Law
- 8. HONESTY Honesty refers to a facet of moral character and denotes positive, virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness, and straightforwardness along with the absence of lying, cheating, or theft. “Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.” -William Shakespeare
- 9. INTEGRITY Integrity is a concept of consistency of actions, values, methods, measures, principles, expectations, and outcomes. Integrity can be regarded as the opposite of hypocrisy, that it regards internal consistency as a virtue. “Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.” - Samuel Johnson
- 10. TRANSPARENCY Transparency is a general quality. It is implemented by a set of policies, practices and procedures. It allow citizens to have accessibility, usability, utility, understandability, in formativeness and auditability of information and process held by centers of authority (society or organizations). “A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.” -Dalai Lama
- 11. ACCOUNTABILITY Accountability is often used synonymously with such concepts as answerability, blameworthiness, liability. It is the acknowledgment and assumption of responsibility for actions, products, decisions, and policies and be answerable for resulting consequences. It cannot exist without proper accounting practices. “When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.” — Louis Nizer
- 12. CONFIDENTIALITY Confidentiality is an ethical principle of discretion associated with the professions, such as medicine, law, psychotherapy. In business, the confidentiality of information, a mainstream adaptation of the “need to know” . Confidentiality regarding: 1. Whose interests 2. Which interests Confidential information of: 1. Worker 2. Employer 3. Colleague 4. Competitor “In intelligence work, there are limits to the amount of information one can share. Confidentiality is essential.” -Gijs de Vries
- 13. OBJECTIVITY Objectivity is a principle of journalistic professionalism. Objectivity in journalism enables highly accelerated news reporting and delivery, which sometimes is at tension with standards of objectivity. “The belief in objectivity is a faith in 'facts,' a distrust in 'values,' and a commitment to their segregation.“ -Michael Schudson
- 14. RESPECTFULNESS Respect gives a positive feeling of esteem for a person and conduct representative of that esteem. Respect can be a specific feeling of regard for the actual qualities of the one respected. Rude conduct is usually considered to indicate a lack of respect, disrespect, whereas actions that honor somebody or something indicate respect. The opposite of respect is contempt. “I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.” -Albert Einstein
- 15. OBEDIENCE TO LAW Law is the set of enforced rules under which a society is governed. Law is one of the most basic social institutions- and one of the most necessary. The law thus establishes the rules that define a person's rights and obligations. The law also sets penalties for people who violate these rules. In fact, laws frequently are changed to reflect changes in a society's needs and attitudes. Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior. “An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so.” -Mahatma Gandhi
- 17. GLOSSARY Vocation- a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career or occupation. Encompass- surround and have or hold within. Consequence- a result or effect, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant. Unpalatable- difficult to put up with or accept. Rendering- a performance of a piece of music or drama. Integrity- the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles.