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An essay reprinted from the May 1922 issue. The relation of the profession to the community rests upon an integration of 'spirit' rather than 'form'. The ethical code is the most signif aspect of this spirit of the profession. The ideal of the unity of service motivates the profession. The ethical problem of the profession is the reconciliation of the primary service for which it stands and the legitimate econ interest of its members. Professional codes represent the application of accepted social standards to particular spheres of conduct. The general ethical code prescribes the duties of the members of a community toward one another. The social signif of the professional ethical code is derived from its coordination of responsibilities of individual to group and group to community. The relationship of group to community is the least developed part of the professional codes. Professional interest has three elements: (1) extrinsic interest, (2) technical interest, & (3) cultural interest. Ethical problems arise within the structure of professional interest when these three conflict with each other. More frequently ethical problems arise out of the conflict between professional interest and community interest. The profession's conception of communal service may be obscured by its general bias and its specific bias. In the former class are: (1) undue restriction of entrants, (2) resistance to specialization, (3) insistence on narrow orthodoxy, (4) unnecessary multiplication of tasks, (5) 'shuffling of responsibility under the cloak of the code'. The latter contain dangers of over-valuing a group criterion over a community criterion, e.g. a lawyer may develop this respect for property at the risk of his respect for personal rights; a diplomat 'may overvalue good form and neglect the penalty of exclusiveness.' 'Group ethics will not by themselves suffice for the guidance of the group unless they are always related to the ethical standards of the whole community .... As traditional and authoritative ethics weaken in the social process, the ethics formulated in the light of function bring to the general standard of the community a continuous and relative reinforcement.' D. L. Levine.

1. The history and philosophical foundations of ethics -- 2. The history and contemporary development of the field of business, professional and applied ethics -- 3. The disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to business and professional ethics -- 4. The subject specific topics in business and professional ethics -- 5. National and International laws and mores concerning human beings, human rights, animal rights, environmental protection and the intersection of these topics with business and the professions -- 6. The social, political and economic concerns of business and the human condition -- 7. The relationship between national and global capitalism and human development -- 8. The relationship between wealth and poverty, scarcity and overabundance -- 9. The distribution and retribution of goods among populations -- 10. The legislation and limit of protecting workers' rights, health and well-being.

The history and philosophical foundations of ethics -- The history and contemporary development of the field of business, professional and applied ethics.-The disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to business and professional ethics.-The subject specific topics in business and professional ethics.-National and International laws and mores concerning human beings, human rights, animal rights, environmental protection and the intersection of these topics with business and the professions.-The social, political and economic concerns of business and the human condition.-The relationship between national and global capitalism and human development -- The relationship between wealth and poverty, scarcity and overabundance.-The distribution and retribution of goods among populations.-The legislation and limit of protecting workers' rights, health and well-being

AbstractIn a study of Iranian English teachers' reflections on moral dilemmas, a central finding is conflicting loyalties between professional integrity and various forms of pressure from school leaders and parents. In this commentary I reflect on experiences from a Norwegian context. Here similar dilemmas are discussed within professional ethics, a field that respond to the responsibility and trust the teachers receive from society to employ their professional judgment in complex situations involving uncertainty. Referring to two publicly known cases that both accentuate the significance of loyalty, I exemplify how professional ethics is put under pressure, and reflect on how these cases make distinct what professional ethics is about. The commentary highlights the importance of providing an interpretative space for teachers carrying out a complex institutional practice, and the need to situate ethical dilemmas in the larger societal context school and education is a part of.

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