SOCB54H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Pro Bono, Legal Clinic, Making Money
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Authority : over both clients and other occupational groups. Some occupations possess all , or most, of these characteristics. Going the extra mile for your clients or patients. Professions like to see themselves as providing a public service (they"re not just concerned with making money): Doctors who do house calls: rarely do that free (pro bono) legal clinics, part of the legal training that students get in law school. Providing leadership in community life, voluntary activities, fund raising. Selling your service to a skeptical audience. Showing your association off as being helpful in the community. Discourages people from looking around for dirt. Question: how does an occupation become a profession? (the process of professionalization) Given the rewards that accrue to professions. Given the amount of money that they make. The amount of prestige they have: not surprising that other occupations want to become like professions, do this by acquiring the characteristics of established professions.
