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Professional ethics are standards set by professional organizations for the behavior
and values of people working within a specific field.

2. Basic Principle of Professional ethics

Honesty and truthfulness

Every professional should have to be honest to his profession; he should never lie in professional
dealing. He should understand that the public to whom he serve depends on his honesty and he should
only give right service and information to the clients or customers.

Unbiased or just
Professional people should never become unjust or biased. They should have similar behavior and
attitude with every client they deal. They should never do favoritism on any basis. He should give
equal rights to the clients to whom he deal. This is against the ethics of the society to deal
differently with different people. The client can provide more services to a person if he is paying
more but his attitude and behavior should never be different.

Value to the public

People who come to the professionals to seek help should be facillitated positively and the
professional should give value to the problems of the clients. The professional person should also
give value to the values of the client. He should try to understand what the client wants to get and
should try to facillitate him positively.
Respect and concern
He should show respect and concern and he should never do any harm to the integrity of the
people. His concern towards clients is the proof that he is loyal to his service. Disrespect can be of
various nature and a professional can be penalized for showing disrespect to the client.

Punctuality and availability

He should ensure that he is available whenever the clients need his service. He should be punctual
on his job and should not make excuses. His availability is necessary especially if he is in a service
where he has to serve initial needs of the clients. The professional should never do his personal
chores while on service as his job is to his clients.

3. Treat others how you want to be treated" is one of the most recognized phrases known as the golden rule. For
example : If you don’t want people to be rude to you, then you shouldn’t be rude to them. Even though it is not
possible for everyone to switch roles for a day, it is important that we can visualize what it would be like to do
so. People need be more considerate. We are told that it is right to be moral. By assessing the Golden Rule it
would give people more morals. Morality is important for society as a whole, as it makes life livable.

4. Ethics in the organization creates effective communication, leads to organizational productivity and job
 satisfaction in employees, and ultimately leads to the excellence and progress of the organization. For
instance: In our school we must always procedures, rules and regulations in order to have a good
working relationship among us.

5. Rules of Professional Ethics

1. Always strive for excellence-this is the first rule to achieving greatness in whatever endeavour you
undertake this is the quality that makes you and your work stand out. Excellence is a quality of service
which is unusually good and so surpasses ordinary standards, it should be made a habit for it to make a
good impression on your bosses and colleagues.
2. Be trustworthy-in today’s society trust is an issue and any employee who exhibits trustworthiness is on
a fast track to professionalism. Trustworthiness is about fulfilling an assigned task and as an extension-
not letting down expectations, it is been dependable, and reliable when called upon to deliver a
service. In order to earn the trust of your bosses and colleagues, worth and integrity must be proven
over time.
3. Be courteous and respectful-courteousness is being friendly, polite and well -mannered with a
gracious consideration towards others. It makes social interactions in the workplace run smoothly,
avoid conflicts and earn respect. Respect is a positive feeling of esteem or deference for a person or
organization; it is built over time and can be lost with one stupid or inconsiderate action. Continued
courteous interactions are required to maintain or increase the original respect gained.
4. Be honest, open and transparent- honesty is a facet of moral character that connotes positive and
virtuous attributes such as truthfulness, straightforwardness of conduct, loyalty, fairness, sincerity,
openness in communication and generally operating in a way for others to see what actions are being
performed. This is a virtue highly prized by employers and colleagues, for it builds trust and increases
your personal value to all.
5. Be competent and improve continually- competence is the ability of an individual to do a job properly,
it is a combination of knowledge, skills and behavior used to improve performance. Competency grows
through experience and to the extent one is willing to learn and adapt. Continuous self-development is
a prerequisite in offering professional service at all times.
6. Always be ethical; ethical behavior is acting within certain moral codes in accordance with the
generally accepted code of conduct or rules. It is always safe for an employee to “play by the rules”.
This is always the best policy and in instances the rule book is inadequate, acting with a clear moral
conscience is the right way to go. This may cause friction in some organizations but ethical
organizations will always stand by the right moral decisions and actions of their employees.
7. Always be honorable and act with integrity- honorable action is behaving in a way that portrays
“nobility of soul, magnanimity, and a scorn of meanness” which is derived from virtuous conduct and
personal integrity. This is a concept of “wholeness or completeness” of character in line with certain
values, believes, and principles with consistency in action and outcome.
8. Be respectful of confidentiality- confidentiality is respecting the set of rules or promise that restricts
you from further and unauthorized dissemination of information. Over the course of your career,
information will be passed on to you in confidence – either from the organization or from colleagues-
and it is important to be true to such confidences. You gain the trust and respect of those confiding in
you and increase your influence within the organization.
9. Set good examples- applying the foregoing rules helps you improve your professionalism within your
organization but it is not complete until you impact knowledge on those around and below you. You
must show and lead by a good example. Being a professional is about living an exemplary life within
and without the organization.
6. Moral Principles

1. The Principle of Autonomy this concept of autonomy relies on the agency of a moral being to exercise
his/her own decisions about his/her being.
2. The Principle of Justice-individuals should be treated the same, unless they differ in ways that are
relevant to the situation in which they are involved.
3. The Principle of Nonmaleficence-we should not harm others. For example: Do not kill people
4. The principle of beneficence -is a moral obligation to act for the benefit of others. We act to benefit
others.