Human Values And Professional Ethics
Human values and professional ethics are complementary to each other. Whereas human values convey personal conviction, ethics describe the accepted principles and standards of conduct about moral duties and virtues as applied to an organization.
Human Values And Professional Ethics
Human values and professional ethics are complementary to each other. Whereas human values convey personal conviction, ethics describe the accepted principles and standards of conduct about moral duties and virtues as applied to an organization
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Higher education is leadership education. The values and virtues
practiced in universities heavily influence the future leaders. Many
institutions of higher education simultaneously show excellence in academic subjects,
are green campuses with manifold ethics curricula, are active members in
community engagement, and also are adept in providing value orientation to all
stakeholders. It is universally felt that the status of teaching profession
requires to be raised to ensure its dignity and integrity. Accordingly, it is
considered necessary that there should be a code of ethics which may be evolved
by the teaching community itself for its guidance. There are five major areas
of professional activities which encompass the work of a teacher. For each of
these areas certain principles have been identified to serve as guidelines for
teacher’s conduct.
HUMAN VALUES
Basic human values refer to those values which are at the core of being
human. The values which are considered basic inherent values in humans include
truth, honesty, loyalty, love, peace, etc. because they bring out the
fundamental goodness of human beings and society at large.
Importance of Human Values
1. Provides understanding of the attitudes, motivation
and behaviours
2. Influences our perception of the world around us
3. Represents interpretation of “right and wrong”
4. Provides a way to understand humans and organisation.
The five human values which are expected in all human beings,
irrespective of whether they are employees or not in whichever profession or
service, are:
1. Right Conduct – Contains values like self-help skills
(modesty, self-reliance, hygiene etc.), social skills (good behavior, good
manners, environment awareness etc.), ethical skills (courage, efficiency, initiative,
punctuality etc.) and Ownership.
2. Peace – Contains values like equality, focus,
humility, optimism, patience, self-confidence, selfcontrol, self-esteem etc.
3. Truth – Contains values like accuracy, fairness,
honesty, justice, quest for knowledge, determination etc.
4. Peaceful co-existence – Contains values like
psychological (benevolence, compassion, consideration, morality, forgiveness
etc.) and social (brotherhood, equality, perseverance, respect for others, environmental
awareness etc.)
5. Discipline – Contains values like regulation, direction, order etc.
Human values are integral part of one’s personality and affects
employability quotient. Many employers are inclined to hire those who have
better human values.
Professionally accepted standards
of personal and business behaviour, values and guiding principles. Codes of
professional ethics are often established by professional organizations to help
to guide members in performing their job functions according to sound and
consistent ethical principles Professional ethics may be understood as
professionally acknowledged measures of individual and business conduct,
values, and guiding principles. Professional ethics is nothing but a code of
conduct applicable to different professions and is set up by the expert members
of such profession or professional organizations.
Need for Professional Ethics
Professional ethics are accepted standards of personal and business
behaviour, values and guiding principles. Codes of professional ethics are
established by professional organizations to help to guide members in
performing their job functions according to sound and consistent ethical
principles. Professional ethics is set up by the expert members of such
profession or professional organizations. The underlying philosophy of having
professional ethics is to make the persons performing in such jobs to follow
the sound, uniform ethical conduct. Professional organizations necessarily
include components like integrity, honesty, transparency, respectfulness
towards the job, confidentiality, objectivity etc. in their code of conduct.
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