What is professional integrity?

Authors

  • Andreas Eriksen Senter for profesjonsstudier Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5324/eip.v9i2.1836

Keywords:

Professional integrity, virtue theory, assurance, role interpretation, reasonable disagreement

Abstract

What is professional integrity and what makes it so important? Policies are designed to promote it and decisions are justified in its name. This paper identifies two competing conceptions of professional integrity and argues that, on their own, both are deficient. In response, this paper develops a third, interpretive view, in which professional integrity is conceived as the virtue of being good on the word of the practice. Professions ask for the public’s trust and in doing so, generate a set of legitimate expectations. Judgments of professional integrity are informed by an interpretation of practice that is sensitive to this normative situation.

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Published

2015-11-09

How to Cite

Eriksen, A. (2015). What is professional integrity?. Etikk I Praksis - Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics, 9(2), 3-17. https://doi.org/10.5324/eip.v9i2.1836

Issue

No. 2 (2015)

Section

Artikler - Articles

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