Truth and responsibility: At the core of professional relationships

The ethics of professionalism are discussed. Selfishness and relative honesty are temporarily tolerated in children, unacceptable in adults and disastrous to a profession. The concept of a profession was created to elevate certain occupations above the level of acting only in one's own self-int...

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Published inJournal of financial service professionals Vol. 47; no. 6; p. 32
Main Author Christensen, Burke A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bryn Mawr Society of Financial Service Professionals 01.11.1993
Subjects
Altruism
Children & youth
Ethics
Insurance agents & brokers
Professional relationships
Professional standards
Self interest
Women
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Summary:The ethics of professionalism are discussed. Selfishness and relative honesty are temporarily tolerated in children, unacceptable in adults and disastrous to a profession. The concept of a profession was created to elevate certain occupations above the level of acting only in one's own self-interest. Instead of "buyer beware," a duty is imposed upon professionals to act in the interests of the client. This sense of altrusim is also at the core of the idea of ethics. Ethics exist to inspire people to overcome the natural man or woman and strive to do good. The effort can have its own rewards. Those who have been anxiously engaged in a good cause can testify to the positive achieved by such selflessness.
ISSN:1537-1816
2381-8875