The Role of Professional Institutions in Supply Chain | The Main Reasons for the Establishment of the Professional Bodies

    There are a variety of professional institutions for building professionals,

Each organization has developed over time to regulate and further the aims of its members. Corporate membership is usually either at member or fellow grade and members must pay
substantial annual fees so as to use designatory letters after their
names. The main reasons for the establishment of the professional
bodies are to:

• Safeguard the public; for example, by ensuring that all members working in private practice have adequate professional indemnity insurance

•  Enforce codes of conduct

•  Lobby governments, and

• Train and educate.