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Professional Bodies (Assignment Coggle) - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Professional associations
      - Regulatory bodies
      - Learned societies
      - Professional bodies are dedicated to the advancement of the knowledge and practice of professions through developing, supporting, regulating and promoting professional standards for technical and ethical competence. Professional bodies are concerned with the public benefit as well as the reputation of professionals. They aim to maintain and develop professionalism, thereby securing high quality professional services for society. There are approximately 400 professional bodies in the UK. Together, they represent 13 million professionals. Three different types of organisation make up the professional body sector and some occupations combine these functions into a single professional body, whilst in others they are clearly differentiated organisations: PARN Global
    - - An organisation of people with particular professional qualifications. Such an organization may seek to set standards of professional competence, to control entry in order to ensure that its members are able to maintain professional standards, to monitor the conduct of members to ensure that they maintain these standards, and to exclude them if they do not. Professional bodies may also lobby for legal restrictions on the right of non-members to provide professional services. This is designed to protect the public from possible damage by incompetent or dishonest practitioners; it is also possible to use entry requirements to keep down numbers so as to keep up the price of professional services, and to use codes of conduct to restrict competition between members of the profession.
  - - - Productivity is the key driver of economic growth. World Bank
    - - Better matching of people to jobs means that, on average, people are more productive in their roles and overall productivity in the economy increases. Sutton Trust
      - Social mobility refers to how a person's socio-economic situation improves or declines relative to that of their parents or throughout their lifetime. OCED
    - - Ethics are important because they contribute to the wellbeing and future existence of a society and nation . In a business environment, ethics play a crucial role in maintaining trust and satisfaction among stakeholders and consumers. Sci Space
    - - Tutor2U
        
        The potential benefits of MNCs on host countries include:
        
        Provision of significant employment and training to the labour force in the host country
        
        Transfer of skills and expertise, helping to develop the quality of the host labour force
        
        MNCs add to the host country GDP through their spending, for example with local suppliers and through capital investment
        
        Competition from MNCs acts as an incentive to domestic firms in the host country to improve their competitiveness, perhaps by raising quality and/or efficiency
        
        MNCs extend consumer and business choice in the host country
        
        Profitable MNCs are a source of significant tax revenues for the host economy (for example on profits earned as well as payroll and sales-related taxes)
    - - The polling of the public found that 61% agree that professional bodies can help guide government on relevant policies. And polling of MPs found that 48% score professional bodies at 4 or 5 on a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being the highest) for effectiveness in supporting good policy making in their industry. CIOB
- - - - Draft an immature specification to produce a draft standard
        
        Present draft standard to gvmt
        
        Once accepted becomes new standard
        
        which cuts off unprofessional practices and results in reliable technical practices that can be disseminated to a wider audience
- - - - Green technology supporting a net zero world
      - A society where everyone has digital access and the skills to thrive
      - Ethical AI in the hands of competent, accountable professionals
      - A diverse, inclusive and accessible technology profession
  - - - Over 70, 00 members in 150 countries including business leaders, educators, practitioners and policy-makers
        
        Common goal to make IT good for society
        Ensuring the digital journey is safe and positive for everyone
        
        By raising standards of competence and conduct across the IT industry
        
        By supporting the people who work in the industry
        
        Lead the IT industry through its ethical challenges
      - Charity with a Royal charter
        
        Defined responsibility for raising the standards of IT education, professionalism, ethics and practice
        
        https://www.bcs.org/about-us/our-royal-charter/
        
        Bye-laws set out the rules upheld to serve the profession and the professionals within it, under the royal charter
      - What we do
        
        Shaping policy and influencing change
        https://www.bcs.org/policy-and-influence/
        
        Built on 4 strategic pillars which make it possible to raise standards and realise greater potential in the industry
        
        Membership
        
        Promote and support IT and digital professionals to
        
        Gain skills
        
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        Expertise
        
        Connections
        
        Inspiration
        
        We influence and improve computing education
        
        to improve opportunities for young people, society and the economy.
        
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        Progression
        
        Raise standards of competence in our profession
        Opportunities for learning and development to support people’s career progression
        
        Qualifications
        
        Professional registrations
        
        Content
        
        Skills frameworks
        
        Influence
        
        Tackle big issues facing our digital lives
        
        Connecting industry, education and government to shape and bring about impactful change on society and our profession.
        
        We campaign to raise trust in the IT profession and ensure IT is used effectively and ethically to solve the biggest problems of society
      - BCS is a memberhsip institution of the Engingeering Council
      - United by a Code of Conduct
  - - - Enjoy industry recognition: Be recognised as a competent, ethical and accountable professional (who's using tech for good)
        Prove your worth by meeting Chartered IT Professional gold standard and become chartered with post-nominal letters
        Be known as an ethical professional by demonstrating your commitment to the BCS Code of Conduct through membership
      - Resources to develop your skills and keep up-to-date with the latest digital thinking such as SFIAplus, development tools, e-learning and Continuous Professional Development (CDP) resources from trusted sources such as industry research reports, ITNOW magazine, webinars, podcasts, prestigious conferences and events
      - Connect with the tech community: Grow your professional network, collaborate on all things digital (from everyday IT to the ethical challenges facing the sector), join a local branch network, go global, or go online, and be respected for your place in the industry.
      - Plan and progress your career
      - Partner with a BCS mentor; someone a step or two ahead on your career path who can share their IT and business expertise to help develop yours
      - Save money enriching your IT career with a wide range of discounts of training, hardware, publications, public liability cover, legal services and more
        
        Reduced fees at selected training providers
        
        25% off BCS bookshop to support your learning
        
        20% off a wide range of Dell products
        
        Competitive quotes for public and employers' liability insurance and PI insurance
        
        Discounted cover from HSF health plan, providing additional support for you and your family when it's most needed (for professional members only)
    - - Improve technology for everyone by supporting people in the industry to fulfil their potential
        
        By sharing expertise and best practice
        
        by setting professional standards
        
        Delivering qualifications
        
        Influencing policy and legislation
        
        Recognising and rewarding achievement
        
        Other methods
  - - - Make IT for everyone
      - Show what you know, learn what you don't
      - Respect the organisation or individual you work for
      - Keep IT real. Keep IT profession. Pass IT on.
  - - - 3 Priorities:
        
        1. Anyone with a significant role in information technology should demonstrate their accountability by being professionally registered. In practice this means being chartered.
        
        2. Every child and adult deserves access to a world-class computing and digital literacy education.
        
        3. Closing the gender gap in information technology can help solve many issues related to trust, bias, and safety.
        
        Artificial intelligence:
        BCS wants to see the creation of a diverse ethical AI workforce, as we believe this is central to reducing machine learning bias
        
        BCS speaks regularly to government stakeholders to ensure that professional standard - and tech professionals themselves are at the heart of AI's development.
        
        Pro-innovation approach to AI Regulation
        
        BCS was quoted in the launch of the Government’s AI regulation White Paper. It aims to guide the use of artificial intelligence in the UK by striking a balance between regulation and innovation.
        
        Helping AI grow up without pressing pause
        
        As AI’s development continues to gather pace and prominence, BCS believes that pausing its development isn’t the most practical way to ensure that these powerful systems serve society well.
        There are other ways in which AI’s inherent risks can be managed.
        
        Understanding AI should be part of teacher training courses and headteachers’ leadership qualifications, the professional body for computing has recommended.
        
        AI should be part of teacher training courses
        
        Cyber security
        As the professional body for information technology we are committed to making the digital world secure for everyone
        
        Digital divide:
        The digital divide is a complex issue of access to the technology, the internet, and skills, limiting the life chances of people across our communities
        
        Equality, diversity and inclusion:
        Equality, diversity and inclusion as standard; that's a shared common goal for our industry
        
        Education:
        We support the rigorous and relevant computer science across the academic spectrum, from primary schools to universities
        
        Green IT and net zero:
        As the professional body for the IT industry, BCS is committed to playing its part in tackling the climate emergency
        
        Health and care:
        Digital health is undergoing rapid change. BCS is committed to supporting the establishment of regulate professional standards in this sector.
        
        Tech and society:
        From cyber security through to online safety, technology affects us all. BCS policy looks at the wider uses of technology
        
        Consultations/research:
        View consultations and research around our priority topics - from artificial intelligence and cyber security, to green IT and health
    - - Partnerships and associations with other organisations:
        Key Policy stakeholders that we work with across the sector.
        BCS is an active member of:
        
        The National Engineering Policy Centre, hosted by the Royal Academy of Engineering
        
        The UK Cyber Security Council, which is the self-regulatory body for the UK's cyber security profession
        
        The Alliance for Data Science Professionals, which is an alliance of the Royal Statistical Society, BCS, the Institute for Mathematics and its Applications, the Operational Research Society, the National Physical Laboratory, and the Alan Turing Institute, which is supported by the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Royal Society
        
        The Data Skills Taskforce, hosted by the Alan Turing Institute, which is a forum for many organisations working to support DCMS to address the UK’s data skills challenge
        
        The Federation for Informatics Professions (FEDIP), is the only public register for all informatics professionals in the UK dedicated to delivering better health and care through the advanced use of technology.
        
        Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) Diverse IT Charter - BCS is one of the founding members of the DiversIT charter, a CEPIS flagship initiative, aimed at reducing gender disparity in IT roles