5. FB's writings on Professionalism

5.3. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

5.3.3. Contents

PART II: WHAT THE CLIENT LOOKS FOR

CHAPTER 3: COMPETENCE: THE GIVING OF THE HALLMARK 35

The Hallmark 36
Admission for Training 41
Practical Training 42
Examinations 45
Maintaining Competence 48
Is Competence Misconduct 50
Covering 54
"Closed" Professions 54

CHAPTER 4: HUMANITY: A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP 58

The Ideal of Service 61
The Consultant as alter ego 63
Partnerships 64
Incorporation 68

CHAPTER 5: DISCRETION: THE SECURE CONFIDANT 70

Why Confidences are Imparted 70
Types of Confidential Information 70
The need for Security 72
Professional Rules 72
Employed Practitioners 73
Duration of Duty 74
Exceptions 74
Knowledge of Client's Guilt 75
Knowledge Derived from Other Clients 77
Non-Clients 78
Rules Imposed by Law 78
Privacy 79

CHAPTER 6: IMPARTIALITY: NO AXE TO GRIND 81

Personal Financial or Property Interests 81
Links with Commerce 84
Links with Other Professionals 87
Combining Employment with Private Practice 91
Previous Knowledge of Facts or Parties 92
Rules Against Direct Instructions 92
Acting for Two Competing Clients 94
Independence of Government 95

CHAPTER 7: RESPONSIBILITY: ANSWERABLE IN FULL 98

Vicarious Liability 100
Responsibility as an Employer 101
Practice through Limited Liability Companies 102
Service Companies 103
Unlimited Liability Companies 104
Other Forms of Limitation on Liability 104
Compensating the Client 105

CHAPTER 8: INTEGRITY: SANS PEUR ET SANS REPROCHE 108

Unblemished Reputation 108
Fairness 112
Fearlessness 116
Nest-Feathering 118