The concept of professional activity in the context of its implementation by foreign service officials

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore and consider the main characteristics of professional activity and highlight the main criteria that a professional shall meet while performing the diplomatic service.
 The relevance of the study is due to many socio-political factors. In modern conditions of development and functioning of different states of the world, international relations are meeting significant changes. The study of the conditions for the implementation of professional activities by officials of the diplomatic service is determined by both scientific and practical considerations, since society needs orderliness and predictability of relations in various spheres of life. With the emergence and expansion of types of professional activity as integral attributes of political, international and socio-economic relations, a number of questions arose regarding: a) improving the legal regulation of professional activity, in particular in the field of international relations; b) determination of criteria, both general and special, which an official has to meet performing the diplomatic service; c) determination of the purpose and place of this type of professional activity among its other types.
 The source base of the study is the valid legislation of Ukraine, laws and by-laws, the study and comparison of which requires a systematic approach and various research methods, such as: dialectical, logical-legal, system-structural, method of forecasting and comparative law.
 In the study, firstly, it is concluded that the content of professional activity consists of the provision of services and works by persons engaged in professional activities. The conditions, procedure, list of services and works, rights and obligations of persons engaged in professional activities and others are enshrined in acts of the valid legislation on the implementation of certain types of professional activities, codes and rules of professional ethics and business practices. Secondly, the criteria that an official of the diplomatic service is obliged to meet shall be more demanding compared to other public officers, especially when it comes to the business reputation of such a person, which means that professional responsibility both to the state and to society shall be elevated.