A professional body or professional organization, also known as a professional association or professional society, is an organization, usually non-profit, that exists to further a particular profession, to protect both the public interest and the interests of professionals.
Group of people[]
The roles of these bodies have been variously defined to include: "a group of people in a learned occupation who are entrusted with maintaining control or oversight of the legitimate practice of the occupation;" also a body acting "to safeguard the public interest;" organisations which "represent the interest of the professional practitioners," and so "act to maintain their own privileged and powerful position as a controlling body.
Duties[]
Protection[]
The professional bodies often act to protect the public by maintaining and enforcing standards of training and ethics in their profession.
Involvement[]
Many professional bodies are involved in the development and monitoring of professional educational programs, and the updating of skills, and thus perform professional certification to indicate that a person possesses qualifications in the subject area.
Societies[]
Many professional bodies also act as learned societies for the academic disciplines underlying their professions.
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