define accepted/acceptable behaviours;

promote high standards of practice;

provide a benchmark for members to use for self evaluation;

establish a framework for professional behaviour and responsibilities;

act as a vehicle for occupational identity; 

act as a mark of occupational maturity;"

The Institute of World Hospitality Management is the only Institute which offers these criteria and would allow you to use the letters Memb. Institute of World Hospitality Management behind your name (or Asso. Institute of World Hospitality Management if you are a member of one of the associated Industries) as a sign of your professionalism. If you would like to join the Institute of World Hospitality Management as a personal professional member you must have been active in the Telecommunications Industry for a minimum of two years and be able to prove it. You are then entitled to join us and we would respectfully request that you read the following code of ethics before applying to join. 

"A profession's ethical standards must be compatible with our common morality, but they go beyond our common morality. You could say that they interpret our common morality for the specific details of work of a particular occupational group"
(by Vivian Weil, from her paper "Prospects for International Standards