Importance of Professional Responsibility.

The article discusses the importance of professional responsibility in the parliamentarian profession. It highlights the renewed interest in this topic due to the adoption of the revised Joint Code of Professional Responsibility and the renewal requirements for parliamentary credentials. The article explains that professional responsibility goes beyond a code and encompasses how parliamentarians conduct themselves. It also discusses the criteria for earning continuing education units in professional responsibility and provides hypothetical scenarios to illustrate the application of the code. The author, C. J. Cavin, is a licensed attorney and credentialed parliamentarian with extensive experience in the field. [Extracted from the article]