Problem
Incompetent professionals
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Incompetent practitionersIncompetent technicians
Incompetent tradespeople
Nature:
The most rigorous examinations of a trained person's qualifications and competence occur at the beginning of their careers and rarely, if ever, again. Maintenance and upgrading of skills may be encouraged, but is largely optional. Professional associations which have the responsibility for overseeing standards, and dealing with complaints about individual practitioners, rarely take action to prevent that peron from practising. Professional success or reputation may be won more by personal charm, or by the simple market mechanism of supply and demand, or the inbuilt prejudices of the system, than by ability or character.
Broader Problems:
IncompetenceInadequately trained personnelThreats to independence of professionals Narrower Problems:
Incompetent judgesMissing veterinary skillsIneffective legal professionInadequately trained engineersIrresponsible health professionalsLack of professional standards of lawyers Values:
Incompetence Subject(s):
Social Activity → PractitionersSocial Activity → Professions
Technology → Technicians
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
18.06.2019 – 18:23 CEST