Professionalism is the expertise that a professional has in a certain field. Professionalism is based upon the attainment of a discrete body of knowledge acquired through a prolonged and specialised training which conveys an exclusive right to practice. In the workplace, professionalism refers to an individual doing his job, with sincerity and genuineness (Khilawala, n.d.). Professionalism would ensure that logical and unbiased decision is taken at every material time. In WordWeb Dictionary (2015), professionalism is described as the expertness characteristics of a professional person. Expertness simply means ‘skilfulness’ by virtue of possessing special knowledge. Also, professionalism could be described as the rare quality exhibited by a professional in his field of endeavour.
