On Professional Ethics as Applied to the Head of a Forensic Expert Organization

Abstract

The article addresses social significance of the issues of a Head’s of a forensic expert organization professional ethics, its fundamentals. The importance of law and morality synergy in regulation of social relations is emphasized. An approach to the systematization of professional and ethical norms for the Heads of forensic expert organizations is suggested as well as additional principles for the legislation on forensic expert activities regarding the Head’s ethical competence. Drawing on the research of foreign experience some basic provisions aimed at unification of moral and ethical norms were reviewed including the necessity of personnel’s ethics development, its fostering in the early stages of young experts’ training under the direct supervision of the Head of the organization.

Keywords

• forensic expertise
• the head of a forensic organization
• professional ethics
• moral and ethical values
• mentorship
• ethical code