Professionalism In Professional Ethics

A specific element of professionalism is the concept that some professional roles should be governed by unique ethical norms. Professionals have a very prominent assumption that they are entitled to conform to ethical standards that are superior to those that apply to ordinary people. The superior aspect of these ethical standards is vague. Welch argues in his article, “Just another day at the office: The ordinariness of professional ethics”, that, “professional ethics may sometimes justify, even require, a practitioner to do something different than what would otherwise be morally obligatory” (p.76). These sets of standards, as a result, make an exception from committing to moral requirements. Individuals who embark on these roles acquire

In his article he interprets the seven different interpretations of just simply following the rules. There is malicious obedience which involves following rules with an objective to cause harm. Negligent obedience is to follow the rules with inaccuracy, whereas, accidental obedience is to follow the rules by mistake. Blind or strict obedience involves the excuse of merely obeying orders. The final form of interpretation involves stupidity or not completely understanding the rules to abide by. Which comes to the conclusion that just because a rule is stated and an individual claimed to simply follow it does not mean that they were following it in the proper manner. These perceptions therefore give a leeway for many professionals and tend to disfigure the optimal standards of legit professionalism. It is despiteful to think that “professionals” try to justify their immoral and illegal actions by saying “I’m just doing my job”. The truth is without our compliance and enforcement this wouldn’t be an issue, it would just be a group of people in suits dreaming to take away rights and writing it down on paper for their own