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Profession & professionalism
- 2. Profession • Profession is a noun describing a job type, usually reserved for a recognized specific career, i.e. Doctors, Lawyers, Engineers, Psychologists, Social Workers, Teachers, Military Officers. • It conveys expertise and/or education.
- 3. Professionalism • Professionalism is an adverb. • Set of attitudes and behaviors believed to be appropriate to a particular occupation. • It used to describe / type of behavior expertise in a career . • Professionalism can be applied to almost any job. • It can be a description of a single momentous act or used as a description of job performance.
- 4. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROFESSION VS PROFESSIONALISM • Profession = a field of study, a career, a job path. Examples: medicine, law, and accounting. • Professionalism = proper or accepted behaviors and attitudes. Examples: showing respect, showing up for work on-time, doing good work, and dressing appropriately.
- 5. Example - PROFESSION VS PROFESSIONALISM • As a computer Programmer, I write Program - Profession. I write without any errors - Professionalism • As a singer - I sing songs - Profession I sing so that everyone wish to hear me - Professionalism • As a professional Killer - I Kill people - Profession I kill without any trace to track me - Professionalism (Not a apt example).
- 6. Who is a professional engineer? • Has a bachelor’s degree in engineering from an accredited school • Performs engineering work • Is a registered and licensed Professional Engineer • Acts in a morally responsible way while practicing engineering
- 7. MOTIVES FOR PROFESSIONALISM • A desire for interesting and challenging work and the pleasure in the act of changing the world. • The joy of creative efforts. Where a scientist’s interest is in discovering new technology, engineers interest is derived from creatively solving practical problems. • Strong sense of helping, of directing efforts towards easing the lot of one’s fellows.
- 8. MODELS OF PROFESSIONAL ROLES • SAVIOR: The representative engineer is a savior who will redeem society from poverty, inefficiency, waste and the drudgery of manual labor. • GUARDIAN: Engineers know, the directions in which and pace at which, technology should develop. • BUREAUCRATIC SERVANT: The engineer as the loyal organization person uses special skills and technical skills to solve problems. • SOCIAL SERVANT: Engineers, in co-operation with management, have the task of receiving society’s directives and satisfying society’s desires. • SOCIAL ENABLER AND CATALYST: Engineers play a vital role beyond mere compliance with orders. They help management and society understand their own needs and to make informed decisions.
- 9. Uses of Ethical Theories • Ethical theories aid in identifying the moral considerations or reasons that constitute a dilemma. • They provide a precise sense of what kinds of information are relevant to solving moral development. • They sometimes, offer ways to rank the relevant moral considerations in order of importance and provide a rough guidance in solving moral problems. • The theories augment the precision with which we use moral terms and they provide frame works for moral reasoning when discussing moral issues with colleagues. • By providing frame works for development of moral arguments, the theories strengthen our ability to reach balanced and insightful judgments.
- 10. Uses of Ethical Theories • Ethical theories aid in identifying the moral considerations or reasons that constitute a dilemma. • They provide a precise sense of what kinds of information are relevant to solving moral development. • They sometimes, offer ways to rank the relevant moral considerations in order of importance and provide a rough guidance in solving moral problems. • The theories augment the precision with which we use moral terms and they provide frame works for moral reasoning when discussing moral issues with colleagues. • By providing frame works for development of moral arguments, the theories strengthen our ability to reach balanced and insightful judgments.