whether u are a doctor, engineer, teacher, lawyer, in business, or a professional in sciences and technical fields, what are u work ethics like?
discuss the importance of having a unique work ethics and why u would like to adapt that?
thanks,
DUSH
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I think the response here should answer ur question 
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everyone has work ethics, good or bad.
my work ethics are, try to complete tasks assigned on time. be in office at considerable time and always complete contracted hours if I am late. be friendly with people even you dont like personaly.
assert authority when required to get the job done on juniors try to get liberties too far. treat them as friends.
following good ethics, enhances your standing in the company, people admire and recommend you. on top of that you are satisfied with your job.
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Good topic Dushwari…
Like Shak said above, there are always some generally accepted principles for what constitutes good ethics… and he’s given some good examples.
Some professions, however, also have an explicit code of conduct which guides the incumbent’s routines… e.g. doctors and lawyers come to mind.
In my own job as a University Professor, we also have a well defined Code of Ethics that we’re expected to adhere to. Without going into too many details, a couple of examples from my daily routines include:
Ensuring that there’s no conflict of interest between me and my students by avoiding what the academics term as a “dual-role relationship” with students. Such relationships can detract from student development or lead to either actual or perceived favouritism on the part of the teacher.
This can be quite difficult to adhere to since I need to balance the benefits of establishing good rapport with students through interactions both inside and outside the classroom, while considering the serious risks of exploitation, compromise of academic standards, and harm to student development.
For e.g., I simply can’t grant a teaching assistantship to a student that I like.
A second principle that I live by is to ensure that assessment of students is valid, open, and fair. Specifically, for any small classes that I teach (say 15 - 20 students), and if I’ve gotten to know the students by their names etc., I would typically not ask for their names on the examination papers but simply ask for student numbers which I’ll later map to their names after I’ve corrected their exams… this reduces any bias that I “might” have towards a student.
Similarly, in our daily research endeavors, we need to obtain specific ethics approval from a research board, be considerate about informed consent from our research subjects and informants… and also adhere to ethics of publishing, re-publishing, and citing our work in different journals and books.
Needless to say, there can be dire consequences if someone neglects or disregards these principles…there are many other examples, but for now itna hee.
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When I first started working, I thought it was school, & openly disliked da ppl I hated, specially suckers, who suck up to their managers, & do their personal ****. I've learnt to be diplomatic, but at da same time, I still hate suckers.
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Ok, most of us here, chat while at work, most comapnies don't allow that.
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speak for yourself :D ... many of us... perhaps... most of us... not sure.
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Amazing, Umar.
you summed up in a nut shell, what i hoped to elicit from the guppies.
i think that being abroad, in Canada, in USA, or other western countries, we have more opportunity to understand that work ethics are extremely important and to set a role model for fellow colleagues and even supervisors, we need to assert our own individual sense of commitment & passion to our work. Ideally, we should carry the torch every where and be able to fulfill our roles as responsible professionals who have defined and expected rules and policy guidelines to follow, where ever we work and whatever our affiliation be - a hospital, a university, a tech company, a law firm or a media outlet.
ur comments are so insightful. i teach as well, and it is so true that being fair to students & being able to maintain the professor role is quiet a balance.
esp. in American style liberal arts institutes where students can say just about any thing to their instructors. & of course that in my case, has consequences for the student, as no where but in academia, we have to train not just with knowledge but etiquettes of learning and ethics of student - teacher - researcher relationships. Mentoring is the fruit of such a sustained and mutually respectful relationship as well as the teaching - learning continuum and hope is that all of our professionals, in their varied fields, do abide by some core set of rules, consistently fairly and not fairly consistently.
kind regards
Dushwari
[quote=Umar Talib]
Good topic Dushwari…
Like Shak said above, there are always some generally accepted principles for what constitutes good ethics… and he’s given some good examples.
Some professions, however, also have an explicit code of conduct which guides the incumbent’s routines… e.g. doctors and lawyers come to mind.
In my own job as a University Professor, we also have a well defined Code of Ethics that we’re expected to adhere to. Without going into too many details, a couple of examples from my daily routines include:
Ensuring that there’s no conflict of interest between me and my students by avoiding what the academics term as a “dual-role relationship” with students. Such relationships can detract from student development or lead to either actual or perceived favouritism on the part of the teacher.
This can be quite difficult to adhere to since I need to balance the benefits of establishing good rapport with students through interactions both inside and outside the classroom, while considering the serious risks of exploitation, compromise of academic standards, and harm to student development.
For e.g., I simply can’t grant a teaching assistantship to a student that I like.
A second principle that I live by is to ensure that assessment of students is valid, open, and fair. Specifically, for any small classes that I teach (say 15 - 20 students), and if I’ve gotten to know the students by their names etc., I would typically not ask for their names on the examination papers but simply ask for student numbers which I’ll later map to their names after I’ve corrected their exams… this reduces any bias that I “might” have towards a student.
Similarly, in our daily research endeavors, we need to obtain specific ethics approval from a research board, be considerate about informed consent from our research subjects and informants… and also adhere to ethics of publishing, re-publishing, and citing our work in different journals and books.
Needless to say, there can be dire consequences if someone neglects or disregards these principles…there are many other examples, but for now itna hee.
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Umar bhai, mera pol kholna zaroori tha?
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Dunno if it goes under the banner of work ethics or life ethics, but always be nice to the support staff, including cleaners. I cannot stand treating support staff badly. If support staff feel valued then pretty much everyone will.
Always meet deadlines, be professional. be fair and be honest.
be friendly but if someone confuses that for being soft and takes the mick then fix em.
Dont tolerate injustice, in pupils, in colleagues, in procedures, in systems in anything.
And support and encourage colleagues to develop, read applications for them, coach them in interviews etc.
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Hmmm for those of you working in Pakistan, are the ethics different there?