HOLY TRINITY UNIVERSITY

Puerto Princesa City, Palawan

Title : CHAPTER IV - Professional Qualities

(Competence, Trustworthiness,
Honesty and Truthfulness)

Subject : Soc Philo I – Philosophy of Man

Professor : Carlos Alfonso C. Salvador

Reporter : Joy N. Dacuan

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Professional Qualities:

1) Competence
2) Trustworthiness
3) Honesty and truthfulness
4) Professional commitment
5) Confidentiality and discreetness
6) Professional Development and Growth
7) Loyalty to the profession

These Professional Qualities:

a) Qualify Professionals to be professionals

b) Inherent ideals and attitudes of the professionals
c) Forms part of the professionals’ personality

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COMPETENCE
(kakayahan)

- The state or quality of being adequate or well qualified;

- Not acquired easily and shortly;

- Special gift for professionals;

- Is something any average person can gain through personal effort.

- Synonymous to: ability, ableness, capability, competency, proficiency, skill, expertness,

mastery, and expertise.

TRUSTWORTHINESS
(mapagkakatiwalaan)

- The trait of deserving trust and confidence;

- Is an important element of attraction for professionals;

- Synonymous to: authentic, liable, trusted, creditworthy, responsible, dependable,

honest, reliable, true, fiducially, sure.

HONESTY AND T RUTHFULNESS

(matapat)

- The quality or condition of being honest and true.

- Increases the trust of the client

- Synonymous to: uprightness, morality, trustworthiness, goodness, scrupulousness,

decency, rectitude, righteousness, fairness, reliability, honour.

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TEACHERS AS PROFESSIONALS
(Simple guide for Future teachers)

A competent teacher has:

1) The ability to teach
2) Good classroom management skills
3) Strong administrative skills
4) A commitment to professional development
5) Investing in extra-curricular involvement

A trustworthy teacher is:

1) Consistent
2) Honest
3) Respectful
4) Show acts of real unselfishness
5) A good Listener
6) Trust others
7) Patient

A honest teacher is someone who:

1) Owns up all the time
2) Practice fairness
3) Keeps promises
4) Say what they mean
5) Makes no excuses

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Reference Books:

 Professional Ethics with Introductory

General Ethics by Rosendo S. Gualdo, p. 127-128

Reference Websites:

 http://www.casey-allen.net/acrobat/competentteacher.pdf
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trustworthiness
 http://www.quotegarden.com/honesty.html

Read more of this report at:

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