Integrity is maintained by adherence to a code of conduct. Professional service is altruistic. The professional assumes responsibility for the affairs of others. Professional service is indispensable for the public good. Professionals are licensed, so their work is sanctioned by the community.
Professionals are independent practitioners, serving individual clients.
They have a fiduciary relationship toward their clients. They do their best to serve their clients impartially without regard to any special relationship. They are compensated by fee or fixed charge. The principal objective of the medical profession is to render service to humanity with full respect for the dignity of man. The continued existence of a free and democratic society depends upon recognition of the concept that justice is based upon the rule of law grounded in respect for the dignity of the individual and his capacity through reason for enlightened self-government . . .