professional responsibility

collocation in English

meaningsofprofessionalandresponsibility

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professional
adjective
uk
/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/us
/prəˈfeʃ.ən.əl/
relating to work that needs special training ...
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responsibility
noun
uk
/rɪˌspɒn.sɪˈbɪl.ə.ti/us
/rɪˌspɑːn.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/
something that it is your job or duty to ...
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(Definition ofprofessionalandresponsibilityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The ethic ofprofessionalresponsibility, which starts from a context dominated by individual relationships, may also inevitably and naturally extend into a social context.
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Nonetheless, the obligation to preserve public trust extends to all scientists, as a critical element of their collectiveprofessionalresponsibility.
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Although sometimes a difficult task, this is a necessary part ofprofessionalresponsibility, arising from patients' investment of trust in clinicians.
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The case is incorporated in dozens of university courses onprofessionalresponsibility.
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The consultant, whether ethicist or mental health, has a clear, unambiguousprofessionalresponsibility to advocate for morality or mental health, respectively, not the consultee-team.
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In the case of these financial arrangements, making a personal financial choice over a professional one violates a code, a promise, or aprofessionalresponsibility.
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The clinician has noprofessionalresponsibilityfor anyone, sick or well, who does not come for treatment.
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The role factor illustrated the conflict between theprofessionalresponsibilityof the healthcare workers and their sense of incompetence.
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Theprofessionalresponsibilityalways to act in the best interests of the patient will from time to time require that a physician engage in acts of moral courage.
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Medical training inculcates this belief and if physicians were to relinquish this power to patients, they would most likely believe this was an abdication of theirprofessionalresponsibility.
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All doctors have aprofessionalresponsibilityto ensure that they only undertake operations within their clinical competence.
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The method and means used for satisfactorily testing sight are matters for theprofessionalresponsibilityof the practitioner.
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I should like to turn briefly toprofessionalresponsibility.
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These are matters for theprofessionalresponsibilityof teachers rather than legislation.
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Far from creating a straitjacket it would be a matter for theprofessionalresponsibilityof the teacher.
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They carryprofessionalresponsibilityfor discussing the risks with patients.
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The planning of a curriculum is a specialised pursuit and it is important that teachers should see this as part of theirprofessionalresponsibility.
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A doctor has aprofessionalresponsibilitynot to undertake a procedure which he or she is not competent to perform.
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The motion says that they stifle local initiative, diminishprofessionalresponsibilityand divert time from the task of improving public services.
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It is aprofessionalresponsibilityof all doctors, including surgeons, to keep in touch with relevant professional developments.
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