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. A non-profit organization ( abbreviated "NPO" also "not-for-profit" is a legally constituted Organization whose objective is to support or engage The term profession is applied to those persons who have specialized and technical skill or knowledge which they apply for a fee to certain tasks that ordinary and unqualified people cannot This article is about people called professionals For the Movie, see The Professional or Leon. The balance between these two may be a matter of opinion. On the one hand, professional bodies may act to protect the public by maintaining and enforcing standards of training and ethics in their profession. On the other hand, they may also act like a cartel or a labor union (trade union) for the members of the profession, though this description is commonly rejected by the body concerned. A cartel is a formal (explicit agreement among firms Cartels usually occur in an oligopolistic industry, where there is a small number of sellers and usually involve A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming
Many professional bodies perform professional certification to indicate a person possesses qualifications in the subject area, and sometimes membership in a professional body is synonymous with certification, but not always. Overview Certifications are earned from a Professional society and in general must be renewed periodically or may be valid for a specific period of time (e Sometimes membership in a professional body is required for one to be legally able to practice the profession; see licensure. Licensure refers to the granting of a License, which gives a 'permission to practice
Many professional bodies also act as learned societies for the academic disciplines underlying their professions. A learned society is an Organization that exists to promote an Academic discipline or group of disciplines
Legal functions
In countries where the law entitles defendants to a jury by their peers, the general public may not be considered sufficiently knowledgeable in a field of practice to act as a peer in some legal cases. A defendant or defender ( Δ in Legal shorthand) is any party who is required to answer the Complaint of a Plaintiff A jury a sworn body of persons convened to render a rational, impartial Verdict (a finding of fact on a question officially submitted to them For example, the Professional associations do not always concern themselves with licensure or the equivalent or government regulations. In the United States, journalists seek to avoid government involvement in their work or "official" definitions.
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- Prolibraries.com . A standards organization, standards body, standards development organization or SDO is any entity whose primary activities are developing coordinating This is a list of professional organizations. International AABB (formerly American Association of Blood Banks Association