The good professional
Keywords:
professional values, integrity, professional identity, right to fail.
Abstract
This paper starts from a formal definition of moral judgment to determine the ethical character of professionalism, which is understood as the fulfillment of an institutional commitment with some core values which guide the professional performance. Such set of values let us to draw a line between the good professional and the dishonest (or corrupt) professional. We define a notion of professional integrity correlating with personal identity. This allows arguing for a new way of understanding the relationship between personal morality and professional ethics, which implies a new way of thinking about professional identity. These suggestions are illustrated by the discussion of Soyer’s case for a client’s «right to failDownloads
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2015-05-18
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Salcedo Megalés D. (2015). The good professional. Cuadernos de Trabajo Social, 28(1), 19-26. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CUTS.2015.v28.n1.48583
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