CHAPTER XIV: Professional Ethics In The Light Of Right Understanding
Professional Ethics
in the light of Right Understanding:
Professional Education: The education which helps to acquire the specific skills and knowledge for any profession
Professional Ethics (also called Ethical Conduct of Profession) : right utilization of one’s professional skills
à A competent professional should carry out his profession with Right Understanding, Dexterity and Commitment. His efforts should be conducive to human welfare, to the happiness and prosperity of everyone and to the enrichment of nature.
To have competence in professional ethics, one should have:
à Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Chernobyl Disaster
Profession: The
participation of human beings in the larger order to pursue the Comprehensive
Human Goal
à
It is a participation involving production and production related activities.
It helps to provide physical facilities for oneself and one’s family.
Professional Education: The education which helps to acquire the specific skills and knowledge for any profession
Professional Ethics (also called Ethical Conduct of Profession) : right utilization of one’s professional skills
à A competent professional should carry out his profession with Right Understanding, Dexterity and Commitment. His efforts should be conducive to human welfare, to the happiness and prosperity of everyone and to the enrichment of nature.
To have competence in professional ethics, one should have:
·
Clarity about the Comprehensive Human Goal
·
Confidence in yourself and in harmony at all
levels
·
Competence of mutually fulfilling behaviour with
ethical conduct
·
Competence of mutually enriching interaction
with nature
·
Competence of actualizing/ implementing of one’s
understanding
Issues
in Professional Ethics – The Current Scenario
Issues such as Corruption, Tax evasion,
Cut-throat competition, Consumer Exploitation, Adulteration, Endangering Public
Health and Safety, Hoarding (accumulating) and Overcharging, Unethical
Advertisements and Sales Promotions etc.
Examples:
à Bhopal Gas Tragedy, Chernobyl Disaster
à
Hawala and Benami transactions
à
Drug mafia, Builders’ mafia, Arms mafia
à
Promoting harmful products like Pan masala etc.
The
way out:
à
Introducing Awareness Programmes, New Courses, Case Studies
à
By administering Oaths & Prescribing Codes of ethical Conduct for
professions.
à
Carrying out intensive audits
à
Implementing strict laws and harder punishments
à
Carrying out “Sting Operations”
à
Encourage whistle blowing by Individuals and Groups
Inherent
Contradictions and Dilemmas:
Several businesses follow the policy “ Your
loss is my gain”
Examples:
à
Cigarettes, Gutkas, Pan-masalas are advertised in a glamourous, tempting manner
but come with Statuatory Warnings such
as “ Injurious to Health”etc.
à
the professions of Doctors, Lawyers, Defence Personnel etc.
Often, the common man’s question is: Should
we buy them or Should we not?
Such contradictions and dilemmas occur due
to prime focus on profit maximization.
The only solution to all such dilemmas is
RIGHT UNDERSTANDING.
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