2. Contents
Introduction
What is Professional Value?
Components of professional value
Fundamental principles of professional values
Importance
Professional values in Paramedic profession.
How Professional values help in career?
3. Introduction
A person can be called as a professional based on the
standards of education, training. specific knowledge and
skill possess in order to fulfill the requirements of a
particular task assigned to him/her.
Professional values can be considered as the personal,
social, organizational & corporate Ideologies of behavior
expected from a professional.
4. What is Professional Value?
Professional values in a generic term for principles that
are major and unique to practicing a profession.
In simple words, they are guiding beliefs and principles
that influence our work behavior (profession it differs
across all professions).
5. Components of Professional Value
Some professional organizations may define their values
approach in terms of a number of discrete components.
Typically these includes:
1. Honesty
2. Transparency
3. Accountability
4. Respect
5. Loyalty
6. Fundamental Principles of Professional
Value
There are five fundamental principles of
professional values are:-
Integrity
Objectivity
Professional Competence and Due Care
Confidentiality
Professional Behavior
7. Integrity
Professional integrity is the practice of maintaining
appropriate ethical behavior. It is the practice of
showing strong adherence to moral and ethical
principles and values such as honesty, honor,
dependability and trustworthiness.
8. Objectivity
Objectivity meaning in the workplace is using fair,
balanced criteria for making decisions concerning
employees or company problems.
Decisions are based on hard facts and evidence,
not the personal judgment of one
person or a group.
9. Professional Competence and
Due Care
The professional person has a continuing duty to
maintain professional knowledge and skill at the
level required for ensure that a client or
employer. receives competent professional
services based on current developments,
knowledge and techniques.
A professional should act diligently and in
accordance with applicable technical and
professional standards.
10. Confidentiality
Confidentiality is that practice which helps to keep secret
all information deemed desirable to keep secret.
A professional should respect the confidentiality of
information received / work and business relationships, it
should not be disclosed to any 3rd parties/other person.
Without having proper authority, professional right or
duty to disclose No information received from clients
should be used for taking personal advantage.
11. Professional Behavior
Professional behavior in the workplace is a
combination of attitude, appearance and
manners. It includes the way you speak,
look, act and make decisions.
The main principles of professional work
behavior include: Treating your managers,
colleagues and clients with respect.
12. Importance of Professional Values
It helps to portray a professional image through
reliability, consistency and honesty.
Dress and act appropriately.
Deliver work outcomes to agreed quality
standards and timescales.
Be accountable for their actions.
13. Professional Values in Paramedic
Profession
To manage all the confidential things in proper manner
with the dignity of profession.
To perform duties, consciously with dedication.
To have a frank and free opinion while participating in
professional meetings, seminar, conference etc.
To maintain active membership of professional
Organization.
To Participate in extra curricular, co-curricular activities
including community services.
14. How Professional Values help in
Career?
Professional values ways and values can help your career
in numerous ways and may help to bring clarity to what
you want to do.
It could be important to you that you it your colleagues
feel free to take risks and offer new solutions without the
fear by being ridiculed or discouraged by a fear of
rejection.
Conflicts can arise if you do something that goes against
what you believe, or you may feel unhappy at work