The course highlights and examines the characteristics of a profession; then moral criteria and the fundamental moral principles that ought to underlie all professional activities. A variety of professional ethic such as; business ethics, the ethics of journalism, legal ethics, health care ethics, and many others will be studied
After participating in this course, students will be able to:1) Know the meaning and characteristic of a profession2) Know the basic normative ethical principles that ought to underline professional performance3) To be knowledgeable about the problems surrounding public interest and conflict of interests4) To understand the relevance and limitations of a professional code of ethics