A professional cleric should be a small embodiment of the Prophet’s image – Mehr News Agency Iran and world’s news
According to Mehr News Agency, the 22nd episode of “Istgah” TV program with the theme of “Professional Ethics” was held with the presence of Meisham Gholami, a writer, researcher and translator in the field of ethics.
At the beginning of the program, Ravi talked about the conversation he had with his friend Sina about underwork and professional ethics, and then went on to talk with the people on the street.
Ravi asked people from different professions whether they are professionals in their work or not and what makes them different from others in their work. Creativity at work, overtime and professional ethics were other topics that the narrator asked different people about.
In the conversation with experts, the narrator asked Hojjatul Islam Gholami what it means to be a professional at work.
In response to this question, Gholami said: A professional means someone who does his work with precision and knowledge, and when his work is finished, he and others enjoy seeing his work. For example, a mechanic who knows the problem by the sound of the car when you take it for repair is a professional person. Of course, being professional doesn’t just mean that you only notice the flaws in the work. Because professionalism in the job and professional ethics has different layers, which can be noticed when one of its layers becomes problematic, and each layer has its own protocol and instructions. For example, a doctor, in addition to being the face of a person’s illness, must also observe a series of ethics specific to his profession.
He added: “Professional ethics are not exclusive to one person, and an organization must have its own professional ethics so that when a person enters that organization, from the gatekeeper to the highest levels, he notices a uniform and integrated process.” Unfortunately, the problems that business owners have with their clients are usually taken seriously, but on the contrary, they are neglected, that is, for example, if a client does not follow the rules of the organization or individual, he will be reprimanded and his work will not be done, but if the business owners follow professional ethics. If they don’t, won’t something happen? As if the client is busy with work, he has to do everything to get his work done, but the other side is limping. For this reason, in my opinion, we should talk more about professional ethics to someone higher up and warn them how to treat their clients.
This researcher and translator in the field of ethics said: society is not a single whole, it is a whole made up of members. If an employee, mechanic, construction worker, taxi driver and any other worker looks at the matter as, for example, this meager salary does not provide enough for my life and I no longer need to observe professional ethics, I should no longer be upset about the embezzlement of several thousand billion because the society consists of everyone. It is people, and with this point of view, everyone behaves unethically according to their level and ability. Behaving ethically does not mean a lot of work, but it means that everyone behaves ethically according to his work.
Gholami added: In the case of unprofessional behavior, a series of proverbs has ruined the work, it is like a house that is ruined. While the question is what should be done if this house wants to be settled? Bricks must be placed on top of each other so that this building can be properly shaped again. It may seem like a slogan and a cliché, but many moral societies started and grew from these trivial issues.
Regarding the issue of “undermining” in many organizations and work environments, he said: There is a misunderstanding of ethics that we think that a moral person means someone who has a crooked neck and accepts oppression, while this is not the case at all, and being moral It means that in an organization or office, in addition to clients, you should also observe professional ethics about your colleagues.
The translator of the book “Ethics; A pluralistic approach to the theory of ethics” added: Being moral is a difficult and noble task and one must strive to achieve it and one must spend a lot of time to be moral. Being law-abiding does not necessarily mean being moral, and it can be said that being moral is a higher order than being law-abiding. Of course, there is no requirement to reach this rank because it is a choice. Morality, law and law are very intertwined, but in reality, the layers of morality are much higher than the law, which means that a person should observe a higher order than the law.
Hojjat-ul-Islam Gholami said in response to the narrator’s question, who asked what a professional cleric is: You asked a very difficult question. If we consider a good cleric as a small embodiment of the Prophet’s example, he should act according to his way of life. For example, at the same time, they threw ashes on the Prophet (PBUH), but he went to the mosque and prayed and prayed for that person. A professional mullah has a compassionate and complete connection with people.