traces the qualities that make up the ethical practices of a professional

1. Professional Ethics
-B.V.Raghunandan
St.Aloysius College, Mangalore
June 30 and July 1, 2015

2. Professional
• Traditionally, religious leaders who had the
highest level of wisdom and spiritual
development
• Came to applied to people with knowledge in
certain domains like engineering, medicine,
accountancy, management, law-Commercial
principles are associated with professionals
• As every occupation has an impact on the
society and people with specialised
knowledge

3. “The Professional” by Subroto Bagchi
• Talks about Mahadev in
Bangalore who arranged
the cremation of 42,000
dead bodies for a small
amount of Rs. 200 per
body-an example of
dedication-society is also
dedication
• Compares him to the Delhi
hit and run case in 2007
involving the bribing of
public prosecutor by the
defence attorney (Jolly
LL.B)-Nanda, Khan,Anand
and Kulkarni

4. Ethics
• A system of values embedded in individuals that help
institutions in having healthy operations without affecting the
welfare of the society
• May be derived from parents, teachers, friends, associates or
role models (authors or historical characters) or genetic

5. Need for Professional Ethics
• Society depends upon institutions like industry, business,
utilities, government departments, NGOs, social groups
• Lack of ethics lead to instability leading to liquidation of the
institutions affecting the lives of a great number of people
• Such a failure also leads curtailing income in the economy,
availability of goods and services

6. Elements of Professional Ethics
-Non-Stop Competence
Building
-Integrity
-Concern for Long Term
Benefits
-Commitment
-Emotional equanimity
-Immune to Worldly
Weaknesses
-Righteous Attitude

7. Non-Stop Competence Building
-A healthy body and a sound mind
-A continuous and sustained urge for
learning
-Knowledge accumulation for value
addition rather than gaining materially
-Understanding job requirement and
matching individual skills
-Going extra-mile in carrying out the
job
-Building up teams, groups and the
future

8. Integrity
• Financial Integrity (misuse of institutional property,
manipulated claims of allowances,
• Organisational Integrity (avoiding favouritism, caste
affinity, regionalism)
• Understanding the tough job requirements of the
subordinates (avoiding double talk)
• Treating people with courtesy and respect

9. Long Term Orientation
• Vision and mission of the
institution (Ammembala,
Amul, Tata Steel)
• Continuous product
evaluation and development
(Maggi)
• Addressing problems in a
straight forward manner
(Cadbury, Johnson & Johnson)
• Avoiding short term solutions
for permanent problems
• Truth as a value and not a
strategy (Nixon)

10. Commitment
• Ultimate Seriousness in dealing with the job at hand
• Institutional Loyalty and Belongingness
• Innovative and imaginative
• Encouraging the subordinates to come up with ideas and a
serious considerations of ideas generated
• Accommodating contrarian thinking
• Employee suggestions from floor level

11. Emotional
Equanimity
• Control of emotions
• Cultivating the
employees to control
their outbirst
• Logical approach to the
problems
• Mistakes analysed
impartially
• Decisions taken after
due deliberations
• Leaving personal
problems at the
threshold of doorsteps
at home

12. Immune to
Worldly
Weaknesses
• Not intoxicated by money
• Avoiding arrogance of
position
• Not blinded by power
• Not going on a possession
spree
• Being humane to everyone
• Putting the subordinates
and superiors on an
equality matrix so that
stooge mentality and is
avoided at all levels
including sycophancy

13. Righteous Attitude
• Believing in your integrity
• Talking straight and walking
straight
• Putting everything in right
perspective and avoiding
evasiveness
• Not guilty for stern actions
taken
• Open discussion of the
decisions taken at any time
• Being at peace after a
stringent action

14. Unprofessional Practices
• Lack of punctuality
• Financial irregularity
• Gossiping
• Casteism, regionalism, nepotism
• Intolerance for dissent
• Disrespect in public
• Lacking transparency
• Leaking confidential and
private information
• Finding a whipping boy for
failures
• Stealing the ideas of others
• Job-hopping
• Hypocrisy

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