The document defines key aspects of professional behavior including respect, responsibility, knowledge, confidentiality, pride, excellence, and leadership. Respect involves unbiased consideration for others' rights and property. Responsibility means being accountable for one's actions and obligations. Knowledge refers to information gained through experience or learning. Confidentiality ensures access to information is restricted appropriately. Pride involves self-respect and taking pride in one's work. Excellence means achieving high quality or top performance. Leadership involves inspiring others through a shared vision.

1. Professional Behavior Defined
 Respect
Unbiased consideration and regard for the
rights, values, beliefs, and property of all
people.
 Responsibility
 Being answerable for someone or
something or being responsible for one’s
own conduct and obligations.

2. Professional Behavior Defined
 Knowledge
Awareness and understanding of facts,
truths or information gained in the form of
experience or learning.
 Confidentiality
Ensuring that information is accessible only
to those authorized to have access.

3. Professional Behavior Defined
 Pride
A feeling of self-respect and personal
worth; taking pride in one’s work or
organization.
 Excellence
Quality of excelling; possessing good
qualities in high degree, top
performance, distinction.

4. Professional Behavior Defined
 Leadership
Ability to lead, including inspiring
others in a shared vision.
“Each of us can serve as a leader. And one leader creates
another and another, ad infinitum, just as one candle’s flame
lights another and another, until the once-impenetrable darkness
has turned to brilliant light.”