1.

A profession takes a rather extensive and rigorous

training preparatory for its practice;

2. The training for a profession involves a significant

intellectual component;

3. The acquired skills, knowledge and trainings are used

to provide services to society; they are not to be stored
unused;
 4. In the practice of a profession, public interest is priority over
the personal interest of the professional;

5. A profession’s measure of success is not the amount of

financial reward but self-fulfillment of the professional and the
success of the clientele;

6. The emphasis of profession is competence in a certain field

of specialization;

7. A profession requires a code of conduct for its members;

8. A profession demands from its members integrity, moral
uprightness, maturity and professional responsibility;

9. Professions are licensed or certified.

10.Professions require its members membership in

professional associations;

11.A profession is autonomous in its practice

 BASIC TYPES OF PROFESSION
The Consulting Professions – these refer to
professions whose practice is done on a fee-for-service
basis with a personal individual relationship between the
client and the professional.

Examples: Law, Medicine, Psychiatry, Accountancy,

Engineering, Architecture, Guidance
Counseling, Scientific Research

 The Scholarly Professions - these are professions
in which the professional has, more or less, a fixed task at
a definite time designated by an individual proprietor or an
institution or corporation. They have a group of clients at
the same period or have none at all.

Remember: A consulting professional can at the

same time be a scholarly one.
 WHITE-COLLAR WORK VS. BLUE-
COLLAR JOB
WHITE –COLLAR WORK BLUE-COLLAR JOB

 Refers to academic jobs performed  Refers to vocational-technical

by so-called professionals ones done by vocational-
technical workers

 Professionals are college graduates  Generally finished technical or

vocational trainings of one year
to two years

 Generally receive higher pay  Generally receive lower pay

 THE PROFESSIONAL &
CRAFTSMAN
Professional
 Motivated primarily by
service
 Learns his profession for at
least four years
 Activity of a professional is
classified as honorable
 Exercises creative judgment
 Honorable activity results in
perfecting the self of the doer
Craftsman
 Motivated by financial gain
 Takes his skills’ training for a
short period of time
 Activity is classified as useful
 Does routine skilled manual
work
 The value of the craftsman’s
useful activity lies outside the
self.
THE SUBJECT OF PROFESSIONS
 Professions exist because there are professionals.
Professionals are the makers of professions.
Professionals are the agents and carriers of professions.
Professions therefore, cannot exist without professionals.

 The term subject implies activity, action and

dynamism. A subject is a doer, an actor. Subject is the
counter-part of object. A subject is active while an object
is something passive. Thus, professionals, as makers
and active carriers, are called subjects of profession.
 THE CLIENTS

- they are individuals in particular, the public or

society in general who are entitled to avail of services from
professionals. They are persons who need to be helped in
the resolution of their problems. Clients are the very
reason why professionals and professions exist.
RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF CLIENTS
RIGHTS DUTIES
 Consult a professional of  Submit themselves and/or their
their choice problems for examination and
evaluation
 Avail of the services of  Perform prescriptions as
directed by the consulted
professionals
professional for their own good
or interests
 To be respected  Give due respect to the
professional and his profession
 To be protected  Pay financial obligations for the
services rendered to him
 DESIRED QUALITIES OF A
PROFESSIONAL
 1. Possesses a sound mind and healthy body;

 2. Must at least be an intellectually average person or

better;

 3. Loves to serve people;

 4. Loves and enjoys the practice of his/her profession;

 5. Must possess the desire for professional development
and growth. He constantly updates his knowledge;

 6. Undergoes research;

 7. Establishes acquaintance and good relationships with

colleagues in the profession and co-workers;

 8. Belongs to an association of his profession;

 9. Protects and helps develop the profession;

 10. Keeps in mind that the ultimate goal of his profession

is service to man, country and God;

 11. Aware that he is the sole and best person to judge

what is best for his/her client;

 12. Exercises professional integrity;

 13. Subordinates his personal interests to his clients’ and
public good;

 14. Does not consider financial reward as primary

motivation; foremost for him/her is the welfare of the
clientele and public good.
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