The Importance Of Professional Discretion

Professional discretion can sometimes be crossed. These discretions are what bind us as professionals in our daily conducts. Some of the professional discretion that we always abide by include: integrity, self-motivation, appearance, self-confidence, teamwork, communication skills, and time management. Integrity: This is the complete honesty in our actions. This is the trust that the public holds for us as professionals and it should always be above reproach. Empathy: This is the ability to feel what somebody is feeling or undergoing. It is extending a compassionate behavior to all our esteemed customers. Self-motivation: This is self-enthusiasm to perform a given task with supervision. It is what drives somebody …show more content…
They are to report to work early always plan ahead so as to achieve your desired dreams. In courts, judges are given some degree of discretion for doing their jobs and they should maintain ethical boundaries. There are four steps in the balancing the means and ends to this. They include to take into account the importance of the ends, the likelihood of the means securing the ends, possible negative setbacks of some means to end rather than others and last the proportionality of ending the means. These professional discretions may cross ethical boundaries when need arises. There are many scenarios where a judge may be forced cross his/her discretion in order to give a fair judgment. In a case where one is self-represented and the other has legal representation, a judge may face challenges especially maintaining impartiality. He/she is therefore forced to cross ethical boundaries by having a standardized pleading. The standardized form allows the judge to recognize the legal issues of the case and moves it towards its completion. This is applied when the judge recognize that hearing such a case may lead to procedural difficulties and bring ethnically compromising …show more content…
For example a judge voting against his/her wish may lead to man issues related to ethics being raised. A judge may vote against their wish in a case so that later on may get their colleagues’ vote may be an issue that can lead to many concerns. This normally happens in collegial voting where a judge goes against their professional discretion in order to get some other benefits from their colleagues. This practice may demerit their ethical evaluation. This also occurs between some judges and litigants where some prominent people may contact a judge in order to get some favors before the decision on a pending case that may affect these prominent