PHIL215 Lecture : Module 3 Notes.docx

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL215
• Professor: Brian Orend

Document Summary

Professionalism and conflict of interests: our business ethics book weakness of the chapter is that it just deals with the business side doesn t consider the professions. Rights about codes of ethics as they appear in business, not the professions. The appearance and importance of codes of ethics in the profession is importantly different: a lot of the lecture is focused on what the book doesn t talk about : the notion of professionalism. It s important to distinguish between the codes of ethics found in business and in the professions: profession there s looseness to its usage in english. To count as a professional you must have: mastered a system of theory. Extensive educational experience: for example, a doctor, lawyer, nurse, accountant all have a long educational process to become professionals at what they do, process of education culminates in a series of licensing exams. Competency exams: doctor board certified, lawyer the bar exam.