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Proffessional ethics
1. UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE
Presented to
Proff . Khaiser Nikham,
Dos in Lib and inf. science,
Manasagangotri,
Mysore.
Seminar on:
Professional Ethics
Presented by
Nagendra .N
First Mlisc
Dos in library and inf. Science
Manasagangotri,
Mysore
2.
3. definition
• Professionally accepted standards of personal and
business behavior, values and guiding principles.
Codes of professional ethics are often established by
professional organizations to help guide members in
performing their job functions according to sound
and consistent ethical principles.
4. Purpose of the Ethical
Code
•Provide framework for ethical behavior
•Set standards for practice
•Protect clients, communities, and the profession
5. Ethics:
• Establish principles guiding behavior
• Are intentionally not specific
• Are not law -- they are created and followed
voluntarily
6. Origin of Ethical Codes
• Created by flagship professional groups
• required to be followed by members of professional
organizations
• requirements of most state licensing boards
7. The Ethics Committee
• Major organizations have Ecs
• Funded by organization's that created them
• No force of law
• Do not process state licensure law violations
8. Ethics Committee Procedures
• Step 1: work out with violator if possible
• Step 2: Contact ethics committee
Committee investigates:
• Obtains written and oral evidence
• Meets to consider evidence
• May conduct hearings with involved parties
Process may from weeks to more than a year
9. State Licensure Board
• Creates, maintains, enforces state
administrative law
• State administrative law is derived from 2
sources:
– Legal code
– Profession’s ethical code
10. Values-Based Ethics
• Traditional ethics based on assumptions that:
– Ethics apply to professional behavior only
– Ethics are “rules” to be complied with for common
good
– Ethical behavior is a lifestyle
– Ethics guides professional’s work and personal life
– Common good emphasizes both client and social
welfare
11. conclusion
• Professional ethics encompass the personal, organizational
and corporate standards of behavior expected of
professionals.
• Professionals are capable of making judgments, applying their
skills and reaching informed decisions in situations that the
general public cannot, because they have not received the
relevant training.