PROFESSIONALISM AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Professionalism and professional conduct

Professionalism and professional conduct

Introduction

Professionals must behave in a fair and sincere way. This is necessary to guard the benefit of clients, contemporaries, and the wider interests of the society as a whole. Everyone should comply with regulation and legislation of organization.

Discussion and Analysis

Attitude of employees at all level in an organization portrays the overall conduct of organization and develops its reputation. Professionalism and code of conduct cannot be developed or maintained only by written rules. Eventually the code of professionalism and ethics of any organization relies upon the integrity and behavior of those who are working in the organization.

The quality of personal integrity implies devotion to generally established values of honesty and fairness. Everyone should behave in a completely honest and admirable manner and behave fairly in business dealings. Employees in any organization are likely to demonstrate the uppermost standards of morals and professionalism in all their communication. (Scion, 2001)

Professionals should be conscious for prospective impact of their actions and decisions on other stake holders, which includes clients, counterparties, coworkers, employer and the society. They should imagine the probable consequences of their actions; they should try to recognize the stake of all stakeholders involved in a course of action and take steps to alleviate any risk if possible. (Beam, 2003)

People should follow all the relevant laws prevailing in the country, in which they are doing business. They must not disclose any information which they acquired during the course of their work. They should make sure that any statement, by writing, by word of mouth and by electronic means or in any other forms of communication, should not be accessible to irrelevant persons. (Erupt, 2004)

People should avoid any kind of conflict of personal interest and work as a team for the overall interest of organization. Whenever ...