Title of the article

Structural Model of Professional Ethics as a Social Institution

 Authors 

Valery A. Bobrov — Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Social Communications, Institute of Law, Penza State University, Candidate of economic sciences, 40 Krasnaya Street, Penza, 440026, Russia, bobroff@bk.ru

 Category 

SOCIOLOGY

Year,.Volume, Number 

2020, Vol. 8, № 3 (31)

 Pages 

211-224

 Article type 

Original article

 Index UDK 

316

 DOI 

10.21685/2307-9525-2020-8-3-24

 Abstract 

The main objective of this article is to take a step towards modeling the organizational structure of professional ethics as a social institution. Professional ethics is presented as a complex system of internal and external relationships of organizations as actors of the social institution of professional ethics. The characteristics of national states, international organizations, professional associ-ations and organizations as social actors are given. Particular attention is paid to business corporations, due to their role in national models of the economy. The corporate ethics programs include a code of ethics, a corporate governance code, supplemented by anti-corruption policies, anti-fraud policies, and information policies. The dynamics of professional ethics as a social institution tends to standardize mass behavior according to the criteria of professional and organiza-tional (corporate) affiliation. Standardization has become a global phenomenon as a result of multi-level and multi-vector management.

 Keywords 

professional ethics, professional associations, business organizations, corporate governance code, ethical code, national economic models

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Bobrov V.A. Structural Model of Professional Ethics as a Social Institution. Electronic scientific journal «Science. Society. State», 2020, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 211-224, available at: http://esj.pnzgu.ru. DOI: 10.21685/2307-9525-2020-8-3-24. (In Russian).