Review of Professional Ethics
Review of Professional Ethics
Review of Professional Ethics
Professionally accepted standards of personal and business behaviour, values and guiding
help guide members in performing their job functions according to sound and consistent
ethical principles.
ACCOUNTABILITY
giving owed explanation you hold as a person to only after a task is done or not may refer to
being in charge, being the owner of task or event explanation not necessary can be before and/or
evaluated on their performance or behaviour related to something for which they are
responsible.
Types of accountability
The notion of accountability can be classified according to the type of accountability exercised
and/ or the person, group or institution the public official answers to.
capacity of state institutions to check abuses by other public agencies and branches of
accountability is the means through which residents, mass media and civil society seek
important in vertical accountability. Citizens and civil society groups can look for the
2. Political versus Legal Accountability: Parliament and the judiciary act as horizontal
constitutional checks on the power of the executive. The role of these two institutions
can be further described in that parliament holds the executive politically accountable,
whilst the judiciary holds the executive legally accountable. Parliament is a political
institution, while the judiciary can only adjudicate on legal issues. Together, they
its term in office. They may also be aided by other institutions, such as supreme audit
while in the cases of supreme audit institutions and human rights institutes, they may
be part of the judiciary. Political accountability usually establishes itself in the concept
government.
society’s watch dog function by breaking the state’s monopoly over responsibility for
COLLEGIALITY
The goal of collegial ethics is to actively support our colleagues and to develop the skills needed
to do so. While collegial interactions are key for our careers, there is little or no training in this.
Many of our actions and reactions with our colleagues are instinctive. Human nature has
evolved to be self-protective, but many evolved and automatic responses to others are not
always in the best interests of our society or of us. Developing courage and a style of supportive
language, avoiding destructive acts, and adhering to the golden rule will improve our
relationships and provide a more positive environment for all. It may not be easy to help a
colleague. Sometimes we are not sure what the facts are, or sometimes we lack the structure to
channel our involvement. We also know that taking a stand on a controversial issue can be
perilous and hurt our career (Bird and Hoffman-Kim 1998). If a crime has been committed by
a colleague then support may not be appropriate. But the law is not perfect. It says that one is
not guilty until proven guilty and legal guilt is for the courts to decide.
RESPONSIBILITY AND ETHICAL LIVING
Social responsibility is an ethical theory, in which individuals are accountable for fulfilling
their civic duty; the actions of an individual must benefit the whole of society. In this way,
there must be a balance between economic growth and the welfare of society and the
Social responsibility and business ethics are often regarding as the same concepts. However,
the social responsibility movement is but one aspect of the overall discipline of business ethics.
The social responsibility movement arose particularly during the 1960s with increased public
consciousness about the role of business in helping to cultivate and maintain highly ethical
People have to learn to live in harmony with nature thereby protecting the environment and
other living beings that inhabit the earth. Only when we learn to live in harmony with nature,
could we expect nature to behave in the manner that has been there for several hundred years.
When man indulges in affecting nature and its composition through pollution and deforestation,
humankind will be forced to repent for generations. The development of mankind has been
intertwined with that of nature and wildlife. Any break in their ranks would not augur well for
the future. Only when people go against nature, will they be forced to face nature's fury like in
Every individual should take a vow to plant and raise at least 25 trees during one's life time as
a contribution to Mother Nature. In Karur district, though the area categorised as Reserve
Forests was meagre, species such as Slow Lorris, Slender Lorris, bison and deer were found in
the forest areas surrounding the district especially in the Kadavur region adjoining Dindigul
district. Likewise, in the Taragampatti region, a lot of peacocks and peahens are thriving.
Those plants, animals, and other features of the world develop of their own accord. It is often taken
to mean the “natural environment” or wilderness-wild animals, rocks, forest, beaches and in general
those things that have not been substantially altered by human intervention, or which persist despite
human intervention. Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let
us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present to live better. There are four
orders of nature- Material order, Pranic order, Animal order, and Human order.
The four orders as above should not be viewed in isolation. All these are part and parcel of nature and
existence. These are really mutually complementary and supplementary. They are not independent
but are mutually interdependent. Each one nurtures and nourishes the others.
Material order consists of things like air, water, soil and so on.
SUSTAINAIBLE DEVELOPMENT
The concept of sustainable development was given by World Commission on Environment and
Development. Sustainable development means meeting the needs of the present without stripping
the natural resources that future generations would need. Our earth’s vital signs show that our planet
is ailing. It is our responsibility to keep the earth in good health. We must not strip the earth of its
natural resource. If we do so, productivity will be weakened. We may meet our needs without
depriving the future generations of the resources that they would need. Besides this man has now
realized that he shares this planet with millions of other creatures. Man’s position is not that of
domination, but of partnership. No generation owns this planet, we are like tenants. And it is our
responsibility to keep the environment healthy. We owe responsibility to the future generation. We
must leave it to them healthy so that they can live healthy and happily on it. Government, industry
and every person must do their bit. The air, water and soil of the earth are polluted. Forests are
vanishing. Wildlife on land as well as in the seas faces extinction. Grasslands and Forests are turning
into scorching deserts. All these are vital symptoms that show that earth is ailing. We can restore the
earth to its healthy state again if we respect and preserve its metabolic needs. We should use not
more than what the earth can replenish it with. We have to preserve wildlife, forests, seas and
grasslands.