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1969.001 - PROFESSIONAL ETHICS
The Consultant Professions and their Code
by Francis Bennion
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Professional Ethics was the first book published in Britain
to present a full and systematic analysis of the rules of professional conduct and an
explanation of their underlying
philosophy. It cames at a time when professional restrictive practices were under close
scrutiny and challenge.
After discussing the meaning of 'profession', the author
isolates those professions which are mainly carried on in private practice and offer
the public consultancy services within
the vital fields of health, rights and property. These professions, law, medicine, accountancy,
architecture, surveying and so on, have many common features, including professional
institutes and a code of conduct. They form a distinctive group in the national life,
and the author has invented a phrase—the consultant professions—to describe
them.
The book lays down the basic proposition that advisory services
on matters requiring expert intellectual knowledge and concerning health, rights or property
are best provided
by independent private practitioners whose competence and integrity are vouched for
by an autonomous professional institute. The public good therefore demands that the independence
and viability of the consultant professions be preserved.
The author, a barrister and
former Secretary of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, describes the categories
of rules which govern the professional's relationships
with
his clients and with his colleagues, analyses a number of the current criticisms
of professional rules, and on that analysis bases some valuable suggestions including
the proposal that,
for mutual strength, there should be formed a Council of Consultant Professions.
1969
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Title
page (p i)
Preliminary
pages (p ii)
Contents (p
vii)
Introductory (p
xiii)
Part I: Professionalism
Chapter
1 : Elements Of Professionalism (p 1)
Chapter
2: Consultant Professions (p 17)
Part II: What The Client Looks For
Chapter
3: Competence: The Giving Of The Hallmark (p 35)
Chapter
4: Humanity: A Personal Relationship (p 58)
Chapter
5 : Discretion: The Secure Confidant (p 70)
Chapter
6: Impartiality: No Axe To Grind (p 81)
Chapter
7: Responsibility: Answerable In Full (p 98)
Chapter
8: Integrity: Sans Peur Et Sans Reproche (p108)
Part III: Brotherly Behaviour
Chapter
9: Professional Solidarity (p 121)
Chapter
10: Attraction Of Business (p 132)
Chapter
11: Touting And Canvassing (p 142)
Chapter
12: Advertising (p 149)
Chapter
13: The Fee System (p 171)
Part IV: Today And Tomorrow
Chapter
14: The Code In Today's World (p 190)
Chapter
15: Looking Ahead (p 230)
Appendix
I: Notes And References (238)
Appendix
II: Services Provided By Consultant Professions (p 254)
Index (p 269)
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