1.0 INTRODUCTION TO PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

"Profession" is "act of professing" according to Oxford Shorter Dictionary. The meaning since then evolved as  "vocation in which professed knowledge of some branch of learning is used in its application to the affairs of others, or in the practice of an art based upon it."

1.1. SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF PROFESSIONALISM

There is a difference between a high-paying occupation and a profession. While the former term means simply a way to make a living, profession is gained through a series of characteristics:

1. Extensive training
2. Vital knowledge and skills
3. Control of services
4. Autonomy in the workplace
5. Claim to ethical regulation

1.2. MODELS OF PROFESSIONALISM

The contrast between the understanding of the professions as primarily motivated by economic self-interest and as motivated by economic self-interest and as motivated by genuine ethical commitment is made especially clear by the following two models:

1. The Business Model.
2. The Professional Model.

1.3 TYPES OF ETHICS OR MORALITY

1. Common morality.
2. Personal morality.
3. Professional ethics.

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