Professional Institutions and

Professional Codes of Conduct

Professional
a member of a profession or any person who earns a living
from a specified professional activity
describes the standards of education and training that
prepare members of the profession with the particular
knowledge and skills necessary to perform their specific
role within that profession. In addition, most professionals
are subject to strict codes of conduct, enshrining rigorous
ethical and moral obligations.
Professional code of ethics / conduct

• designed to ensure employees are behaving in a manner that is

socially acceptable and respectful of one another
• establishes the rules for behavior and sends a message to every
employee that universal compliance is expected
• It also provides the groundwork for a preemptive warning if
employees break the code
• The set of rules and guidelines vary from workplace and profession
Professional Body/ Institution

• any body of expert practitioners in an occupational field and

includes an occupational body and statutory council
• created to monitor and regulate the practice of industry
professionals
• objectives could be:
• advances a particular profession
• advance the interests of individual engaged in the
profession
• advance or maintain public interests in the profession
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OF A PROFESSIONAL
BODY
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Professional Development
• The association offers training
on the most current and relevant
topics for your profession.
Smaller associations may not be
able to offer the trainings
themselves but may provide
information on where to get it.
Also, some associations can
offer discounted rates for
training.
Networking
• There are opportunities to
meet colleagues, face-to-face,
from other towns, cities and
governmental agencies. You
can meet at regular association
meetings, at annual events or
at social gatherings.
Advocacy and Lobbying
• The association offers
advocacy and lobbying in
support of the profession. It
may also provide advocacy
and lobbying for things like
new laws to help people you
serve.
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Prompt Information
• Prompt information is
available to members through
a website, group e-mail or
social media. It could be an
announcement about grant
funding that has just been
released or the latest salary
study for your profession.
Resources
• Resources are available on the
association website. It might
be white papers on topics of
professional interest or lists of
programs or services for
people you serve. And, there
may be information about
funding sources like grants.
Job Announcements
• The association posts job
announcements from towns,
cities and other governmental
agencies for those members
looking for new opportunities.
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Career Support
• The association offers career
advice to members. There are
senior members willing to be
mentors to junior members.
There is a forum for accessing
advice on how to handle
challenging professional
situations. And, the association
provides a support system for
members.
Recognition
• Being recognized by your
colleagues is a huge
compliment. But, it shouldn’t be
a popularity contest. Members
should be recognized for things
like model programs or for
outstanding service to the people
you serve, to the profession or to
the association itself.
Resume Builder
• Because employers like to see that you stay
current with your profession and are
connected to colleagues, joining a
professional association is the best way to
do that. Membership offers the opportunity
to participate on working committees or be
elected as an officer of the association. As
an elected officer, you have an opportunity
to influence what the association works on.
Often, that consists of tackling broader
issues than you might be used to in your
current position. And, that expands your
professional experience.
Professional Institutions
in the Philippines
Computer
Professionals' Union
A mass organization of information and communications
technology professionals, practitioners, and workers in the
Philippines. It is registered in the Philippines as a non-stock,
non-profit, non-government organization that promotes activist
ICT principles and organize ICT professionals to provide ICT
services to Filipino people.
 Institute of Computer
Engineers of the Philippines

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a non-profit professional organization of computer engineers in
the Philippines. It is registered under the Securities and
Exchange Commission as a non-stock and non-profit
organization. ICpEP is also the official computer engineering
organization for academic community and industry
practitioners in the Philippines.
Philippine Society of
Information Technology
Educators

a professional body of information technology education

practitioners in the Philippines. Its members are primarily
academics; teachers of computer science, information
technology, information and communication technology,
engineering, mathematics and other allied fields. Industrial
practitioners, however, such as programmers, systems analysts,
web developers and others are welcomed as well.
 Professional Regulation
Commission

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a three-man commission attached to Department of Labor and
Employment (DOLE). Its mandate is to regulate and supervise
the practice of the professionals (except lawyers, who are
handled by the Supreme Court of the Philippines) who
constitute the highly skilled manpower of the country. As the
agency-in-charge of the professional sector, the PRC plays a
strategic role in developing the corps of professionals for
industry, commerce, governance, and the economy.