SOC355H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Trait Theory, Professional Code Of Quebec, Paralegal
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Trait theory there are particular traits and characteristics that make an occupation a profession. Tasks that are inherently valuable to society. Practitioners are motivated by service to the client"s welfare and to the profession. Technical autonomy they own their knowledge (lawyers who define the scope of what legal professions do they own law schools) they own define and replicate their expert knowledge. Government allows them to certify, run their professions. No one can dictate now they run it or what they do. Self regulation members of professional groups are in charge of wrongdoing. Sense of community in this together, defining what it means to be that kind of professional. Code of ethics members of profession have to abide by. Need to have all of these to be professions? (eg. ceo and mba don"t have a code of ethics, a sense of serving the public debate about whether they really are professionals) Abbott provided an alt approach to defining profession.
