Profession, attributes

Most of the credit of phenol-based peels during the late 1940s and early 1950s is attributed to lay operators. Their illegal work was probably one of the reasons for rejection and skepticism related to the procedure by medical profession in those years. 

A law degree, however, is no guarantee that the individual will pursue these possible careers in law successfully. The question arises what are some of the particular attributes that a person should possess to be a successful lawyer Different attorneys may emphasize different qualities and abilities. In general, there are fairly demanding skills required in the legal profession. 

It is often stated that engineers are members of a learned profession, and a number of authors have tried to characterize the attributes of a profession. Many of these use Greenwood s 1957 five attributes of a profession as a starting point (Greenwood, 1957) ... 

Gordon, K. E. (1993b). The new well-tempered sentence (rev. ed.). New York Houghton Mifflin. Greenwood, E. (1957). Attributes of a profession. Social Work, 2, 44-55. 

Suffice it to say, that in two bibliographical lists of his writings composed, one in 1311, the other in 1314, which are published by Haureau, no such work is included, that no manuscript copy of any such work attributed to Lullus has been found of date anterior to the fifteenth century, and that many of his most popular and frequently printed works profess to have been written in 1330 or 1332. In all probability, however, even these dates are falsified and the works themselves of later origin. Haureau considers all of these alchemical pseudo-Lullus works as not earlier than the fifteenth century. 

Many individuals have identified additional characteristics and responsibilities of a professional. For instance, Abraham Flexner first idenhfied the attributes of a profession in 1915, on which Isidor Thorner elaborated in 1942 (Buerki and Vottero, 1996). One of the attributes identified by Flexner and Thorner is that the profession provides a relahvely specific funchon that its practitioners depend on for their livelihood and social status. Professionals perform the necessary functions for society that society cannot provide for itself. In return for this service, society grants professionals special privileges, such as internal control and autonomy in decision making within their realms of experhse. In accepting this responsibility, professionals generally rely on a code of ethics (see Appendix A for the Code of Ethics for Pharma-... 

Couple this with the exponential increase in power consumption that can be attributed to the internet. In the United States alone, current estimates are that 15% of all electricity consumption is used to power the internet (from a base of 0% 9 years ago). From 0% 20 years ago, and 5% in 1992, roughly 20% of US electricity consumption is used to power computers [6], The ability to disseminate information rapidly and globally has seen a breakdown in traditional forms of communication. With the explosive development of the internet neither companies nor professions have complete influence on, or control of, the communications process between themselves and consumers. 

No matter which definition of profession is used, a common attribute is the requirement that the profession must fulfill a societal need. This is because it is society that determines which activities constitute a profession an occupation cannot unilaterally declare itself to be a profession. In the case of the profession of pharmacy, this means that not only must the pharmacist be well trained and knowledgeable but that the pharmacist must apply that knowledge for the good of the patient. 

One of the attributes of a profession is the existence of a code of ethics or set of standards. Such a code communicates to the public what practitioners of the profession will or will not do. Pharmacists have developed a Code of Ethics that has changed to meet the changing expectations of the public that it serves. 

The reality of industrial preference for the skills of the B.S. chemical engineer over those of the average B.S. chemist is claimed to be reflected in salary trends in these related professions over the last decade and a half. It is well known that engineers and scientists have different personality profiles, and the divergence in their economic success is often attributed to the greater flexibility and more appropriate orientation of the... 

A corporate environment requires a number of specific behaviors that are not emphasized in an academic setting. Many of these attributes are accentuated in the marketing profession. Here are important personality traits to develop if you want to succeed as a marketing professional ... 

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