Any area of professional activity of a person has a certain set of specific features, rules and ethical standards. Professional ethics governs moral relations between people in the workplace. In other words, we can say that this concept is a set of certain moral standards that determine a person’s attitude to his professional duty. Professional ethics as a science is studying:
- relations of people arising in labor collectives ;
- moral qualities of each individually taken specialist;
- features of professional education;
- specific moral standards of each individual professional field.
Professional legal activity, like no other, is connected with the interaction of people, therefore, adherence to certain norms and rules of behavior in it is simply necessary. An important characteristic of the moral character of each lawyer is also his attitude to work and professionalism. The professional ethics of a lawyer in a state of law, which Russia is today, includes several mandatory aspects:
- The rule of law. This aspect implies a full awareness of the lawyer of his mission to serve the law and law. The ethics of the lawyer obliges him to implicitly comply with all the norms of the law, even if they contradict his personal moral principles. Its activities should be directed primarily to the fight against legal nihilism and anarchy.
- Attitude to people in the spirit of humanism is a mandatory rule of professional ethics of any lawyer. This rule seems to emphasize that education and high qualifications are not enough to become a sought-after specialist and professional. Each lawyer in the course of work communicates with a huge number of people who see him as a person, and only then - a representative of the law. Therefore, each person involved in the process of communicating with a lawyer, lawyer, prosecutor expects him to perform his duties professionally, as well as to respect himself. The professional ethics of a lawyer implies respect for the personality of each participant in the legal process.
- The decency of a lawyer is based on honesty, truthfulness, complete trust and sympathy. These qualities should be manifested in the relationship of colleagues, the head and subordinate, lawyer and client. To achieve these goals, a professional lawyer chooses only such methods and methods that do not contradict the law and moral standards.
On the moral principles generally accepted in any labor activity of a person, the professional ethics of a lawyer is also supported. Honesty, decency, truthfulness are a prerequisite for his successful career. The main document that guides the lawyer in his professional activities is the Constitution of the Russian Federation. The professional ethics of a lawyer, prosecutor, lawyer or other representative of the law does not allow neglect of the person (whether it be a witness, applicant, or accused), humiliating his human dignity, insulting him or applying measures against him that are not provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation.
Today, in many law schools, additional disciplines are introduced in which students study not only law and law, but also receive answers to questions: what is the professional ethics of a lawyer, how to relate to surrounding people and what moral qualities must be possessed in order to achieve noticeable career success.