# Industry as a Profession in The Acquisitive Society

> Theme guide for The Acquisitive Society by R. H. Tawney.

Tawney proposes reorganizing industry on the model of a profession, where work is governed by standards of service, competence, and ethical conduct, rather than by the profit motive and shareholder interests.

## Where it surfaces

- [The Functional Society](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_acquisitive_society_se/chapters/the-functional-society): The author proposes that industry should be organized as a profession, with responsibility placed on producers and consumers rather than absentee owners.
- [Industry as a Profession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_acquisitive_society_se/chapters/industry-as-a-profession): The chapter's title and core proposal: reorganizing industry as a profession, with service as the criterion of success and rules to enforce professional standards.
- [The Position of the Brain Worker](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_acquisitive_society_se/chapters/the-position-of-the-brain-worker): The chapter centrally proposes turning industry into a profession, where brain workers become function-based professionals rather than profit-driven employees.
- [Porro Unum Necessarium](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_acquisitive_society_se/chapters/porro-unum-necessarium): Proposes that professional organizations should govern industry, with producers having direct responsibility to the community and subject to consumer supervision.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_acquisitive_society_se/themes/industry_as_a_profession
- Themes index: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_acquisitive_society_se/themes