pro·fes·sion·al·–noun
1. professional character, spirit, or methods.
2. the standing, practice, or methods of a professional, as distinguished from an amateur.

professionalism. Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/professionalism (accessed: September 19, 2007).

You can often hear complaints today about a lack of professionalism among the workforce. Employees that don’t do their jobs -- companies that rip off their clients -- people who generally treat others much worse than they would like to be treated. We often see professionalism described in the negative, though. This is not professional. That is not professional. Instead, I think we would be much better off to describe what professional is, rather that what it is not.


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