The Importance of Professionalism

What is the importance of professionalism? First, we must answer another question. What is professionalism? Professionalism is most commonly describe as acting like a professional. A professional is defined " characterized by or conforming to the technical or ethical standards of a profession : exhibiting a courteous, conscientious, and generally businesslike manner in the workplace."[merriam-webster.com] So, this brings me back to the importance of professionalism. It is important to be professional in the work place so you do not stand out, in a bad way. If you are unprofessional, you will get some bad rep. Bad rep will only get you extra duties and your comrades ostricizing you. No one wants
He used real life examples of burnt out marines that he new. He gave the Marines a break that time, but he told them that if he every catches them doing it again. He will report them. Surely enough, he caught them a few weeks later, out in town at a party. So, immediately, Lance Corporal Johnson calls up his roommate's Corporal. He tells him of the situation and the Corporal brings it up to higher. Higher takes the nesecarry acctions and NJP the two idiots and puts them through processing. Lance Corporal Johnson is then rewarded for his actions with a Meritorious Mast. And becauce of everything that Lance Corporal Johnson has done, he is meritoriously promoted to Coporal. Now that we've discussed proffesionalism, let us discuss unprofessionalism. An example of being unprofessional would be to go out in town in uniform and cuss out a a civilian. Another example would be talking back to higher ups or just acting like an idoit at work (i.e. spraying people with water and pulling childish pranks. Another unprofessional thing to do would be to not man up and confess to something wrong you have done. Lying to your bosses is a no no and goes against the Marine Corps moto. A real life example of unprofessionalism would be Lance Corporal Dickface. Lance Corporal Dickface was a dick. He never did the right thing, he was a liar and a cheat. He was always stealing shit from other Marines. Everybody was