“TATAK”

of a true Professional

Willingness to accept a set of

professional and ethical
principles and follow these
principles in the conduct of their
daily affairs
CODE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE
FOR THE PROFESSIONS
IN THE PHILIPPINES
 CODE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE FOR THE
PROFESSIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

This code is adopted by the Professional

Regulation Commission (PRC) and the 42
Professional Regulatory Boards to cover an
environment of good governance in which all
Filipino professionals shall perform their tasks.
 CODE OF GOOD GOVERNANCE FOR THE
PROFESSIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES

This code covers the common principles

underlying the codes of various
professions and could be used by all
professionals who face critical ethical
questions in their work.
GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT

Professionals are required to have:

Ethical commitment
-a personal resolve to act ethically
Ethical commitment
Ethical awareness
-the ability to discern between right and
wrong
 Ethical commitment
 Ethical awareness
 Ethical competency
–the ability to engage in sound moral reasoning and
consider carefully the implications of alternative
actions
–involves knowing when to apply and when to
forbear from applying knowledge, based on ethical
principles
–it concerns the manner in which expertise is
exercised and qualified in order to encourage trust
 SPECIFIC PRINCIPLES OF
PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
 But the application of ethics in modern economic
industrialized society has been twisted and tangled in
pursuit of another less noble principle-
expedienc
grasping for advantage
y: rather than for what is
right.
-Desmond Berghofer
1. Service to Others

Professionals are committed to a life of service

to others. They protect life, property, and
public welfare.
 Bhopal Tragedy:
World's worst industrial disaster
It occurred on the night of December 2-3,
1984 at the Union Carbide India Limited
(UCIL) pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya
Pradesh, India. A leak of methyl isocyanate
(MIC) gas and other chemicals from the
plant resulted in the exposure of hundreds of
thousands of people. Estimates vary on the
death toll. The official immediate death toll
was 2,259 and the government of Madhya
Pradesh has confirmed a total of 3,787
deaths related to the gas release. Others
estimate that 3,000 died within weeks and
that another 8,000 have since died from gas-
related diseases. A government affidavit in
2006 stated the leak caused 558,125 injuries
including 38,478 temporary partial and
approximately 3,900 severely and
permanently disabling injuries.
Causes!!!!!
• Storing MIC in large tanks and filling beyond
recommended levels
• Poor maintenance after the plant ceased MIC
production at the end of 1984
• Failure of several safety systems (due to poor
maintenance)
• Safety systems being switched off to save money—
including the MIC tank refrigeration system which
could have mitigated the disaster severity
2. Integrity and Objectivity

Professionals shall perform their responsibilities with the

highest sense of integrity, imbued with nationalism and
spiritual values, be free of conflicts of interests, without
prejudice and shall at all times maintain objectivity.
• Integrity
from the Latin adjective integer which means “whole
or complete”
In ethics, integrity is regarded as the quality of having
an intuitive sense of honesty and truthfulness in regard
to the motivations for one’s actions

• Objectivity
the state or quality of being objective
Objective
of, or relating to a goal or aim
undistorted by emotion or personal bias
 Margala Tragedy

The collapse of Margala towers 8th October 2005

CAUSE OF TRAGEDY??????

Earthquake or poor quality of construction???

 NO!!
Not the earthquake!!!!!
it was just the triggering factor

Because the intensity of earthquake

recorded in Islamabad was 6 as
reported by US Seismic centre Denver
Colorado, USA and Geological Survey of
Pakistan
The ground acceleration was as low as
0.05 g

That is why all the other buildings are

still standing!!
Was it the poor quality construction?

YES, indeed!!!
• No record of quality control
• No use of vibrators
• No technical supervision (Police report)
• No material testing during construction
• No standardisation of concrete
• Use of grade 40 TOR (cold twisted bar) steel instead of Grade
60 deformed bar steel
• Misalignment of columns – reported 1993
• Sagging in the beams – reported 1998
• Extremely poor quality raft
• Plumbing leakages due to substandard materials
 Despotism

Corruption
3. Professional Competence

Professionals shall undertake only those

professional services that they can reasonably
deliver with professional competence.
Professional competence refers to the
capability to perform the duties of one's
profession. To provide professional services, a
certain level of competence is necessary.

To be professionally competent, one must have:

Knowledge
Technical skills
Attitudes
Experience
 The THREE MILE
ISLAND Accident

The accident at the Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) nuclear

power plant in Pennsylvania on March 28, 1979 was one of
the most serious in the history of the U.S. nuclear industry.
 The THREE MILE ISLAND Accident

The TMI-2 accident was a result of:

Human error
Insufficient training
Bad operating procedures
Unforeseen equipment failure
4. Solidarity and Teamwork

Each profession shall nurture and support one

organization for all its members.
Solidarity refers to the
ties in a society – “social
relations” - that bind
people to one another.
 Teamwork refers to the
cooperative effort by
the members of a group
or team to achieve a
common goal.

Together Everyone Achieves More

“Individual commitment to a group
effort - that is what makes a team work,
a company work, a society work, a
civilization work.”

~Vince Lombardi
 The
CHALLENGER
Disaster:
A NASA Tragedy

The Space Shuttle Challenger

disaster occurred on January 28, 1986,
when Space Shuttle Challenger broke
apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading
to the deaths of its seven crew
members.
 The CHALLENGER Disaster:
A NASA Tragedy

WHAT HAPPENED?
The commission’s report cited the cause of the disaster as a
failure of an “O-ring” seal in the solid-fuel rocket on the
Space Shuttle Challenger’s right side.
 The officials at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) allowed the
shuttle launch to take place despite concerns voiced by NASA engineers.

The report also strongly criticized the decision making process that led to
the launch of Challenger, saying that it was seriously flawed.

“...failures in communication... resulted in a decision to launch 51-L based on

incomplete and sometimes misleading information, a conflict between engineering
data and management judgments, and a NASA management structure that permitted
internal flight safety problems to bypass key Shuttle managers.” –Rogers Commission
5. Social and Civic Responsibility

Professionals shall always carry out their

professional duties with due consideration of
the broader interest of the publics.
Social responsibility
-the obligation to take action that
protects and improves the welfare of society
as a whole as well as organizational interests
Civic responsibility
-refers to the actions of a good citizen in
which the individual acts in a manner designed
to promote the common good.
 The LOVE CANAL Disaster
From 1942 to 1953, a landfill in the Niagara Falls area
known was the Love Canal, was contaminated by Hooker
Chemical and then sold to the city after being covered up
by layers of dirt. The city then allowed homes and
schools to be built over the landfill and people started to
feel the effects of the hazardous waste.

"one of the most appalling environmental tragedies

in American history“
The chemicals leached through the soil and leaked
into people’s basements.
The toxic wastes contaminated the groundwater
and polluted the air.

"a public health time bomb"

11 of the chemicals were carcinogenic and caused
serious health problems.
Residents were stricken with a disturbingly high rate
of miscarriages, birth defects, nervous disorders, and
cancers.
6. Global Competitiveness

Every professional shall remain open to

the challenges of a more dynamic and
interconnected world.
Globally competitive professionals who gain a
thorough understanding of the economic, social,
and technological changes taking place across the
globe enhance their ability to compete in the
worldwide market.
7. Equality of All Professions

All professionals shall treat their colleagues

with respect and shall strive to be fair in their
dealings with one another.
All professions are
EQUAL!

Everyone shall treat other

professionals with
respect and fairness.