The problems of modern times are more complex than observed and analyzed by Durkheim. With postmodernization of work, and emergence of plural society providing multiple identities, none of which may be very strong in itself, it is becoming increasingly difficult for professional groups to develop power over the workers and also difficult for state to provide a framework of common morality. In this situation one is tempted to argue that a “very broad view of ethics”, humanistic appeals, and concerns for human rights and future only can help in creating and enforcing professional ethics. In any case professional ethics, however important it is in terms of impact on society, cannot promote well-being of individuals or society in a big way. Professional ethics are very important from the point of view of productivity of workers or the efficiency of a professional organization, but not from the point of view of status of normative health of the larger society. In any society professionals will constitute a small minority of population. Their motivation to follow ethical principles will depend on the general cultural climate – whether the overall society is normatively integrated or not and whether it produces a strong urge to work for society (social ego) rather than self (individual ego). As a matter of fact, the effect of social health on nature and practice of professional ethics is likely to be as important as that of professional ethics on society.