Common use of PROFESSIONAL CODE OF ETHICS Clause in Contracts

PROFESSIONAL CODE OF ETHICS. The Professional Employee believes in the worth and dignity of the individual person, and recognizes the supreme importance of the pursuit of truth, devotion to excellence, and the nature of democratic citizenship. The Professional Employee regards as essential to these goals the protection of freedom to learn and to teach and the guarantee of equal educational opportunity for all. The Professional Employee accepts the responsibility to practice the profession according to the highest ethical standards. The Professional Employee recognizes the magnitude of the responsibility which has been accepted in choosing a career in education, and engages, individually and collectively, with other educators, to judge colleagues, and to be judged by them, in accordance with the provisions of this code.