Teachers and students will want to analyze values with which they are closely associated in their own countries. Such an analysis will provide rich insights into the role and definition of quality and standards in that national context. Profession-specific Standards International professional associations are a good way to set international standards of quality because these associations represent the interests of the professional group rather than the interests of a national group. The values of these professional groups appropriately shape the standards of the business world of the 21 st century. In addition to international efforts to build a quality standard and national efforts to define and assure quality in business, professional groups also function to set standards for business and industry.
Professional associations provide businesses with information and guidance in setting standards.
Through accreditation bodies, peer review boards, and editorial review procedures, business professionals in hundreds of subspecialty areas have regional, national, and international organizations and associations that guide them in setting standards. Professional standards are set for all professions and in all work places. Medicine, law, education and the service industry have standards of quality that guide their work. These standards serve to support businesses that provide products and services and represent the interests of the professional group in question.