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                                   %PROFESSIONALISM 731112

     In common speech a professional is often a person who
has undergone extensive training in skills which require a
high level  of intellectual ability.  It  is necessary for
such  a  person  to  earn acceptance to the profession  in
question.   There  are  certain  tests  and  standards  of
professional  conduct  which  must be satisfied  before  a
person is accepted into the profession.  Some of the  more
common  professions include doctors,   lawyers,  teachers,
engineers, scientific researchers, and social workers.

     The  above  indicated procedures are,  of course,  an
essential aspect of any program to maintain  standards  of
professional behavior.  The natural consequence of failing
to  maintain standards would be a blurring of the line  of
distinction between  professionals  and non-professionals,
between those who  have mastered the knowledge, techniques
and skills of the profession---and those who have not.  In
such an eventuality the  citizens who need the services of
the professionals would be  in doubt as to whom to turn to
in  time of  need.   Citizens might become the victims  of
those who only presumed to be competent.

     For  these reasons it is necessary for  professionals
to maintain vigilance over the abilities of members of the
profession,   even after  initial acceptance.   Formal and
informal  techniques  exist to see to it that  failure  is
justly rewarded  whenever  it  becomes apparent to others.
For this reason professions develop techniques which  help
them impress  self and others  (within the profession)  of
their high levels of competence.  In this way professional
incompetence rarely becomes apparent to others;   and  the
"integrity" of the profession is maintained.

     Professionals    are   usually   persons   who   have
specialized.   In  order to maintain their  status  it  is
necessary  to maintain their specialized competence and to
extend it.  There is rarely enough time in the life of any
person  to  do all that is felt necessary to  maintain  an
acceptable degree of competency.  Thus professionals often
find their lives  full  of  maintaining their professional
status,  and have rather  little  time for meditation upon
possible   new  roles as servants seeking to  help  others
solve  their  own   real  problems.   The professional  is
particularly  susceptible  to  the danger  of  failing  to
participate in authentic  meetings  with  real persons who
are are seeking mutual awareness and mutual understanding.
Programs designed to maintain professional standards  will
rarely help professionals transcend the dilemma of dealing
with finitude.
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