Professional responsibility : new horizons of praxis / edited by Ciaran Sugrue, Tone Dyrdal Solbrekke.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sugrue, Ciaran.

Solbrekke, Tone.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teachers--Professional ethics.

Teachers.

Professional ethics--Study and teaching.

Professional ethics.

Physical Description:

xviii, 204 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.

Summary:

"Professional Responsibility: New Horizons of Praxis addresses the manifold and complex challenges inherent in professional responsibility. Since the beginning of the 20th Century, professions have been accorded a conjoined mandate - political and moral responsibility - to serve the interests of individual's and society. The quality of professional work, how professionals understand and live out their responsibilities in practice, is a matter of pervasive concern since increasingly they have such a prominent presence in most people's lives. Until the late 1960's, professionals' roles and responsibilities were rarely questioned, but such trust has since given way to collective scepticism concerning their commitment and willingness to live up to their moral and societal obligations. Abuse of power and privilege by some professionals has contributed to decline in trust by publics, the concept of 'good work' is increasingly challenged, and politicians and policy-makers have sought to regulate and hold professions to account. It is timely, therefore, to investigate critically conflicting discourses and practices on what counts as professional responsibility, to question how professionals understand and are prepared for a life of professional responsibility, and what acting with integrity and authority looks like in practice. One of the distinctive features of this book is the combination of normative and empirical dimensions that are used to dissect this question. The authors indicate from a diversity of disciplinary perspectives how professional responsibility includes particular thoughts and warranted actions yet remains multifaceted and inarticulate"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780415614627

0415614627

9780415614634

0415614635

OCLC:

659750808