Professional Ethics (part 3 )

Special need for ethical conduct in profession


~Professionals are expected to conduct themselves at a higher level than most other members of society.
~The term 'professional' means are responsibility for conduct that extends beyond satisfying individual responsibilities and beyond the requirement of our society's law and regulation.
~We, as a  professional,have a reponsibility to the public,to a fellow practitioners,including honorable behaviour,even if that means personal sacrifice.
~The underlying reason for a high level of professional conduct any profession is the need for public confidence
in the quality service by  the profession,regardless of the individual  providing it.
~If public do not confidence in your service,the ability of those professional to serve the clients and the public effectively is diminished.
~Public confidence in the quality of professional services is enhanced when the profession encourages high standards of performance and conduct on the part of all practitioners.
~But because of increased competition has made it more difficult to any professionals to conduct themselves
in a professional mannars.
~So must improved business practices e.g improve personal practices,better office management,more effective promotional methods,effective advertising

Ways the profeesion and society encourage professional to conduct themselves at a high level:
-conduct of practice personnel need;
  1.entrance qualification
  2.continuing professional education
  3.legal liability
  4.professional conduct and ethics
  5.investigation and discipline committee
  6.standard of practice(auditing)
  7.legislation
  8.quality control.