Moral mechanisms of professional stratification on the example of the police service

Abstract

Professional stratification is an effective mechanism for organizing order in society. Moral mechanisms are actions that enhance the status of an employee among colleagues and citizens, which are an expression of the moral component of professional stratification. These include: the availability of vocational education and advanced training, encouraging the activity of employees through a hierarchy of ranks and positions, awarding qualification titles, organizing professional competitions, competitions and ratings of professional skills, awarding departmental and state awards. The moral mechanisms of professional stratification of the police service are able to maintain the status of a professional group, but the only protection against downward mobility of the group and the individual is the growth of professional income. The moral mechanisms of professional stratification are integral participants in the stratification processes in the professional group and in society.