Professional Ethics in Welfare Work and Education Nordic Perspectives

Introduction: Professional Ethics in Welfare Work and Education
Bjørn Ribers and Niels Warring

Preface I: Shared Histories, Problems and Potentials of Welfare Professions and Education: Ethical and Sustainable Perspectives
Anne-Marie Søndergaard Christensen and Nikolaj Elf

Preface II: Shaping Future Welfare: Ethics in the Education and Working Life of Welfare Professionals
Birgitta Haga Gripsrud and Aslaug Kristiansen

Part 1: Professional Ethics in Education and Practice

1. Virtues in Welfare Work: Professional Ethics in Education and Practice
Bjørn Ribers and Anne-Marie Søndergaard Christensen

2. Establishment, Maintenance, and Weakening of Trust in the Field of Education: A Norwegian Case
Aslaug Kristiansen

3. Different Forms of Power in Welfare Work and How to Reflect on Them
Jan Thorhauge Frederiksen and Martin Blok Johansen

4. From Takers to Givers: A Socially Sustainable Ethics in Active Citizenship Education
Christine Revsbech

5. Ethico-Political Judgments in Professional Education and Work
Anne M. Phelan and Dion Rüsselbæk Hansen

6. Professional identities and societal discourse: ethical pressure and moral distress in welfare work and education
Andrea Dietz Føge Jensen, Berfin Colak Oguz, Bjørn Ribers, Alan, J. Daly and Gitte Miller Balslev

Part 2: Competencies and Values in Working Life

7. Professional expertise of pedagogues as an ethical practice
Line Togsverd and Christian Aabro

8. Collective Ethical Reflections in Response to Challenges in Pedagogical Work
Annegrethe Ahrenkiel and Niels Warring

9. Heir and Heritage: Values and Ethics in Educational Leadership in Denmark
Lars Frode Frederiksen and Jakob Ditlev Bøje

10. Boundary Care Practices and Ethical Dilemmas
Crisstina Munck and Anja Marschall

11. Caring for Gender Equality? Ethics and Gender Equality Notions in Danish Early Childhood Education and Care
Jo Krøjer

12. Professional Integrity
Christina Haandbæk Schmidt

Part 3: Ethics, Care and Welfare

Chapter 13. Welfare work and the problem of difference: Ethical reflexivity and caring for refugee children in Danish daycare institutions
Susanne Bregnbæk, Vibe Larsen and Üzeyir Tirelli

14. Hermeneutic Reflections on Meetings Between Citizens and Professionals
Anita Naemi Holm

15. Empathy in Care Work
Søren Engelsen, Regina Christiansen, Søren Harnow Klausen and Jakob Emiliussen

16. The elision of care in nursing education as a matter of professional ethical concern
Birgitta Haga Gripsrud

17. Ethics Work in Digitized Professional Care: Transforming Normativity and Professionalism in Danish Elderly Care
Annette Kamp

18. Ethics and Professional Identity in Welfare Work: A Socio-Material and Psycho-Societal Approach
Henning Salling Olesen

Postscript: Professional Ethics in Welfare Work: Current Perspectives and Prospective Visions for Education and Practice
Niels Warring and Bjørn Ribers

Biography

Bjørn Ribers is an Associate Professor in Professional Ethics and Educational Sciences, at University of Southern Denmark, Denmark..

Niels Warring is an Associate Professor in Working Life and Educational Research, Roskilde University, Denmark.