Merrill's Arguments in "the Professionalization of Journalism" Against Professionalizing Journalism

The fact that lawyers are positioned in an amoral world was one of Wasserstrom arguments. A lawyer?s relationship with their clients consists of complex inequalities. Some of the reasons that Wasserstrom indicates that a lawyer exists in an amoral world is explicitly evident in the example of the Watergate cover up. ?I think, at least a plausible hypothesis that the predominance of lawyers was not accidental.? Wasserstrom goes one to say ?the lawyer as professional comes to inhabit a simplified universe which is strikingly amoral.?

Profession is a paid occupation that requires a long period of intense training to become an expert in a particular field. Professionals provide a service. Their experience and knowledge base are trusted by those who seek advice The Army as a Profession of Arms provides a service. Its services are unique, it provides security, ethical professionalism in lethality weapons and operations. The Army profession and professionals are diverse, that are trained in many task.

In Michael D. Bayles “The Professions”, Bayles describes the basic characteristics of a profession. Instead of providing a single definition Bayles instead defines the term profession based on three basic characteristics due to the complex meaning of the term. The three characteristics he identified that all professions must have include: extensive training, intellectual component included in the training, and must provide important service in society. Based on these characteristics that Bayles identifies I believe my profession of a teacher strongly correlates with Bayles definition of the term profession.

The average person when they hear the word Watergate, they immediately think of the Break-in at the National Democratic headquarters in Washington. Keith W. Olson, the author of the book Watergate: The Presidential Scandal That Shook America, proves Watergate was indeed more than just a break-in and describes the major points of the Watergate scheme. The key points of Watergate were patterns from the beginning of Nixon’s presidency, the context of the break-in, the cover-up, the disclosures, the senate committee, the struggle for the tape, the resignation, and the ends and means.

In Legal Profession Complaints Committee v Amsden (“the decision”), the Tribunal made findings of professional misconduct against Ms Amsden. Subsequently, they determined that the appropriate disciplinary consequence of was a public reprimand, an order to pay a fine of $5,000, and an order to pay the full costs of the Committee. This paper will outline the legislative and theoretical foundations of legal practitioners’ professional ethics in Western Australia in conjunction with an exploration of the justifications for disciplining legal practitioners. Subsequently, there will be analysis of the Tribunal’s reasons for their findings of professional misconduct against Ms Amsden and the effectiveness of the penalties imposed in achieving the underlying purposes of the system of legal ethics in WA. Particular emphasis will be placed upon Ms Amsden’s conduct in relation to ‘bringing the legal profession into disrepute’; this will necessitate an examination of the concept of law as a profession and its wider role in society.

There is an issue within this scenario that involves respecting diverse child rearing practices. Student teacher Maryam politely asks Hugh and Ahmed to pack up, but Di pulls her aside and lets her know that Ahmed’s cultural practices does not expect him to do so. This becomes an ethical dilemma because Di has implanted a policy that benefits the cultural practices of a single client, while another client’s child suffers from unfair treatment. In the perspective of Di, she focuses more on her teaching profession and integrating the core values of a teacher into her policy (Newman & Pollnitz, 2005). However, In Maryam’s perspective, her personal and professional values come in conflict along with the code of conduct that is put in place by the

An occupation does not become a profession merely because its members decide it will be one. Modem professions share much in common with classical professions. The Hallmarks that have come to characterize a profession are based on a midevel models: a guild, high level of education, public recognition, and a specialized body of knowledge.

During normal usage, it seems that the terms “profession” and “occupation” are almost identical and are interchangeable. Generally they both define the work people do for a living. However, after delving into their meanings, one can easily notice that the word profession is a bit more advanced than occupation. In other words, there are peculiar criteria or characteristics that an occupation has to meet in order to qualify as a profession.

Journalists are professional people, trying to work within a code of professional ethics. However, journalists cannot operate in a vacuum, doing what they think is right without pressures being put on them. Journalists face pressure from a variety of sources, all trying to make the journalist behave in a way which is not the way the journalist would choose.

The duty of journalists is to tell the truth. Journalism means you go back to the actual facts, you look at the documents, you discover what the record is, and you report it that way. — Chomsky 2008

In the meantime, the core of any ethical code like this must promote the morality task of lawyers, which is “to find ways by people can live, and work together successfully”. This is because, as Fuller observes, people cannot live and work together without some organizing principle, such as rule, system, and order that will resolve conflicts and promote cooperative action. There are four principles ways by which men may achieve the necessary.

Block, is a merchant who is also going through a trial of his own. He has several lawyers who have filed petitions to the court, but the petitions are never read by the court, and even when Block reads them, he claims that they are, “Scholarly all right, but in fact contained nothing of substance” (Kafka 177). Block lives with his primary lawyer so that he can be involved in his trial and it is absurd to believe that being on trial means being so invested in the trial that one must live with their lawyer. Block also speaks of supposed great lawyers who have never actually been seen, only heard of, and that his lawyers are only petty lawyers as compared

Journalism is both old and new. The profession has been around for hundreds of years, but it is always changing and reinventing itself. With these changes, the question of what is right and what is wrong is not always clear, but journalists still must attempt to answer those questions.

Journalism has been around since before the printing press was even invented. People have always, naturally spread information. There were many peoples who had elders who would give the oral history of their people and who would tell heroic tales. Homer told the story of the Iliad for the Greeks. African chiefs told tales of bravery of their peoples. The same occurred throughout the World from the American Indians, the Mayas and Aztec to the Aboriginals of Australia. Journalism is the passing of knowledge and ideas between people.

Post-industrial journalism assumes that the existing institutions are going to lose revenue and market share, and that if they hope to retain or even increase their relevance, they will have to take advantage of new working methods and processes afforded by digital media. There is too much emphasis on getting information fast, even at the expense of accuracy, thoroughness and fairness.