Managing Oneself within the Context of Professionalism,
Ethical Conduct, and Quality Service

Professionalism, ethical conduct and quality service all have one thing in common; it is that all these three are absolute necessities in the workplace. Each person who is considered a professional in his or her respective field must possess these three. They all go hand in hand in order to be a true professional; professionalism cannot be truly defined without ethical conduct and quality service; ethical conduct, in the workplace, also cannot be defined without professionalism and quality service; and same goes with quality service, as it cannot be produced without professionalism and ethical conduct. Professionalism is defined as the skill, good judgment, and polite behavior that is expected from a person who is trained to do a job well. In other words, being a skillful in your job is not the only pre-requisite in being a professional. Good judgment and polite behavior is also necessary and expected from an individual who calls himself or herself a professional. One cannot be considered a professional, yet not have all these three. Professionalism in the workplace must always be applied and never neglected. Moving on to ethical conduct, the word ‘ethical’ means following accepted rules of behavior that is morally right and good. The word ‘conduct’ means the way that a person behaves in a particular place or situation. Adding up these two, we can get the meaning of ethical conduct which is: the moral and good way that a person should behave. In the field of architecture, we have various laws and rules we need to follow. There could be a lot of instances where our ethical conduct may be tested, and there will probably come a time where we will feel like we could give in but as professionals, we must always follow the rules that have been given to us, and do what is