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A COMPREHENSIVE TRAINING POLICY FOR
TECHNICAL TEACHERS

Module 2:Professional Ethics and Sustainability

RATIONALE

Professionals are required to practice value- based
ethical behaviour in their professional and personal
lives to achieve perpetual prosperity and happiness for
maximum possible number of people. However,
appropriate professional behaviour is possible only
when professionals have a clear understanding of self
and appreciation of importance of working with harmony
at various level of existence. Professionals are also
supposed to take care of social issues and environmental
protection while working for economic development and
well being of their clients. This module therefore, attempts to
develop understanding that for achieving perpetual prosperity
and happiness in life, it is important to accept the concept of
co-existence and need of harmony at different levels of existence
such as self, family, society and nature. This understanding is more
required for professionals as compared to other occupations and therefore
this module strives to explain that what makesprofessions different from other occupations.

In this context it is important that appreciation for values, professional ethics and sustainability should
become necessary component of any professional education. For this to happen, it is essential that
teachers in professional education system themselves first understand the importance of universally
accepted values and the need of self explorations the process for value education and for
appreciation of ethics. It is also important for teachers to show value-based and ethical professional
behaviour so that they may become role models for the students and hence expected behaviour from
a teacher as professional is also discussed in this module.

Environment Conservation is also one of the essential condition for perpetual prosperity and
happiness of not only future generations but even of this generation. Therefore, the foremost
professional responsibility of teachers is that they should develop desired knowledge, skills and
attitudes for environment protection in the UG students who would be professionals on graduation. It
is in this regard that the concept of sustainable development with reference to importance of
development for poverty alleviation and its side effects on environment is explained in this module.
Special approaches to be adopted for sustainable development to ensure environment protection and
energy conservation are also emphasized. Since the professionals are at the top of their professions,
they are expected to self- regulate themselves, for which the role of professional societies is also
highlighted in this module.

The learning effort required by the teachers for this module is 40 hours, which will include studying
the e-content and related videos, completing activities and assignments. The process of completing
activities and assignments,participating in discussion forumsand taking the tests will further clarify the
concepts.
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