ABSTRACT
The managerial ethic (or ethos) which this suggests is more derived than prescribed. It is a cumulation of knowledge, tradition, morality, faith, and good sense. The ethos which real professionalism requires is to be found in the writings of those who have understood its importance. The reasoning, attorneys, accountants, engineers, and economists—those who meet the standards of accepted professions and many others in lines of work which have not yet qualified for this distinction—are managers as well as professionals. The American Society of Association Executives estimates that almost three-quarters of the major companies of this country now have written codes of ethics and recommends that the several thousand associations do the same. The American Society for Public Administration produced a new statement of principles. It is more a monument to the American ability to reach agreement in an area where substantial differences of opinion exist than it is to the development of deep or abiding rules of conduct.
