Professional Code Of Ethics Essay

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Code of Ethics According to Professional Conduct and Ethics in Education power point, ethics is the study and development of one’s ethical standards. As a person you develop or follow a code of conduct. Three ideals make up a persons ethical code. Morality, which is the distinction between what that person thinks is right and wrong. Virtue, which is valuing high moral standards. The third one is personal right, which is an individual ability to distinguish right and wrong and choose to do the right thing. However, how does one decides what is right and wrong can be different from the next person. In education we are faced with three types of ethical commitments to the Teaching profession. We have personal ethical commitments along with ethical …show more content…

I believe that when a person enters a career such as an educator they are making a commitment to a life style where your job and home life can’t be separated. I think a teacher is easily comparable a police officer where you are always on duty even when you are not in uniform. The lines are so blended between the personal life and professional life of a teacher your ethics cannot change from when you are in the classroom and when you are out of the classroom. As a teacher you must find code of ethics that can coexist. I try to commit my self to be the up most professional that I can be. I model my ethical guidelines on these three core values. The first point: Service before self, second point: Integrity first, and third point: Excellence in all you do. If you heard this three core values before, that’s because they are the three core values of the United States Air Force. I was indoctrinated with these core values when I enlisted in the Air Force and continue to live by them to this …show more content…

According to the AAE, “the professional educator assumes responsibility and accountability for his or her performance and continually strive to demonstrate competency”. As teachers we owe it to our students and community to be the best educators we can and continue to strive to become better. We should continue to master the content knowledge that we teach by continuing to pursue further education ourselves. Teachers should also pursue all avenues of professional development to master their craft. We have an ethical commitment to strive to be the best educators we can

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