“Professionals have the obligation to serve society”IntroductionSociety has given a special meaning to the term professionals. A professional is expected to act and maintain a high standard by exercising sensitive and moral judgment in all their practices. Members of the professional community should accept the obligation to serve society and honor the public by discharging all responsibilities with integrity in order to maintain public trust. Society has an obligation to serve society in that it must practice in a way that does not harm others and does not commit wrongful behavior or actions. Some argue that professionals have an obligation to serve the client because it is in the client's best interest and that they are entitled to expect their needs in the transaction with professionals. The company expects to receive the highest standards and expertise from its professionals and it is the duty of the professional to provide the services and keep his knowledge up to date in order to provide competent services to his clients. In other words, there is an implicit social contract between society and professionals in which the client and the professional know their responsibilities, duties and expectations. The trade-off is that society has granted professionals special privileges and rights such as self-regulation and that professionals have provided society with their expertise and knowledge in order to serve society when they need advice or services professionals. The purpose of this article is to analyze the obligations and responsibilities of professionals and their services to society. This article will define the nature of the profession, the legal obligations of the prof...... middle of article....... 1999 American National Biography. 17: 760-763.R. Taylor 2002. An introduction to virtue ethics. Amherst: Prometheus Books. P30Rotunda, R. 2004. Professional responsibility. 1st ed. St. Paul, MN: Thomson/West. P39Simon, W. 1978. Advocacy ideology: procedural justice and professional ethics, The. Wisconsin. L. Rev., p.29. Squires, S. 2003. Inside Arthur Andersen. 1st ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: FT Prentice Hall. Sullivan, W. 1995. Work and integrity. 1st ed. New York: HarperBusiness.Terry, A. 1997. What a Lawyer Should Do: The Tension Between Zealous Advocacy and Model Rules of Professional Ethics. Am. J. Trial Advoc., 21, p.357.gV. Shirvington 2002, Professional Conduct and Advocacy: Avoiding a Breach of the Rules of Professional Conduct and Practice, Law Society of New South Wales Wilmot et al, 2009, Contract Law, third edition, Oxford University Press, p.34