Background Information

Question 1

Root of profession

Answer 1

To profess or declare

Question 2

Regulated profession

Answer 2

A profession regulated by the government

Question 3

Self-regulated profession

Answer 3

A profession regulated by a body composed of members of that profession.

Question 4

Right to Title

Answer 4

Grants the exclusive right to use a professional title, credential, or designation only to those who have met the qualifications of the body governed by legislation.

Question 5

Right to Practice

Answer 5

Reserves particular acts solely to qualified members of the group.

Question 6

Licensure

Answer 6

Provides an occupational group with a virtual monopoly in terms of who can practice in a specified profession domain.

Question 7

Requirements of licensure

Answer 7

Specific program of academic study, a defined period of work experience, and the satisfactory completion of a licencing exam.

Question 8

Certification

Answer 8

Monopoly on the use of a specific professional designation or reserved title.

Unlike licencing, it does not prohibit unlicenced individuals from practicing within their domain.

Question 9

Registration

Answer 9

Listed on a register maintained and sanctioned by the specific body.

Question 10

How will planning move from registration to licensure?

Answer 10

Requires the profession to demonstrate clearly how the public needs protection from the serious consequences of unethical or incompetent conduct by those engaged in the planning field of practice.

Question 11

Ernest Green wood’s five elements of professionalization

Answer 11

1. A basis of systematic theory
2. Authority recognized by the clientele of the professional group
3. Broader community sanction and approval of that authority
4. Code of ethics
5. A professional culture sustained by a formal professional association

Question 12

Wasserman, Sullivan, and Palermo’s six criteria for professional status

Answer 12

1. University level education in a special area of knowledge Central to that profession
2. Internship and supervised entry level performance to demonstrate competence
3. Knowledge and practices that require the unique exercise of learned judgement of each new situation
4. Establishment of disciplinary identity and uniqueness with the establishment of professional organizations, journals, education system and standards for certification
5. Autonomy earned by the profession and recognized and granted by society through government, in defining and mastering the knowledge and practice of the profession, resulting in self policing with regard to the standards of practice and ethical conduct.
6. Having the knowledge and expertise necessary for protecting the well beings of persons and society.

Question 13

Attributes of a professional (general)

Answer 13

1. Responsible acknowledgement of a special duty to society
2. Expertise, described by the body of abstract theoretical knowledge they possess
3. Identity as a reflection of the professional member’s unique standing in society
4. Competence and sound judgement
5. Vocational ethic making explicit the values and obligations that form the foundation of the profession
6. Integrity expressed as the unconditional and steadfast commitment to a principled approach to meeting their obligations