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.

• Editors’ Introduction: Professional Ethics in Welfare Work Part 1: Professional ethics in education and praxis 1: Virtues in welfare work – ethics in education and praxis 2: Trust relationships in education – establishment, maintenance and weakening 3: Forms of ethical reflection on pedagogy and power in welfare work 4: A social-economic ethical perspective on pedagogical intervention and inclusion 5: Re-imagining the ethical-political role of teachers 6: Networks, innovative education and ethical communities Part 2: Competencies and values in working life 7: Professional social education and pedagogy as a values-based praxis 8: Professional competence in welfare work – a contested terrain 9: Ethics and gender – school leaders’ balancing act in the leadership of upper secondary schools 10: Care and ethical discernment 11: Trust – a fundamental, ethical skill for social educators in welfare institutions 12: Professional integrity Part 3: Ethics, healthcare and welfare 13: Ethics and dialogue in professional welfare work 14: Empathy and compassion in social work: the case of eldercare 15: Principles of ethical transitions of Internationally Educated Nurses into practice 16: The elision of care as a matter of ethical concern 17: Ethics, professional care and digital technologies 18: Professional identity and personal experience Afterword: Professional ethics in welfare work – current perspectives and prospective visions for education and praxis

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.

• Editors’ Introduction: Professional Ethics in Welfare Work Part 1: Professional ethics in education and praxis 1: Virtues in welfare work – ethics in education and praxis 2: Trust relationships in education – establishment, maintenance and weakening 3: Forms of ethical reflection on pedagogy and power in welfare work 4: A social-economic ethical perspective on pedagogical intervention and inclusion 5: Re-imagining the ethical-political role of teachers 6: Networks, innovative education and ethical communities Part 2: Competencies and values in working life 7: Professional social education and pedagogy as a values-based praxis 8: Professional competence in welfare work – a contested terrain 9: Ethics and gender – school leaders’ balancing act in the leadership of upper secondary schools 10: Care and ethical discernment 11: Trust – a fundamental, ethical skill for social educators in welfare institutions 12: Professional integrity Part 3: Ethics, healthcare and welfare 13: Ethics and dialogue in professional welfare work 14: Empathy and compassion in social work: the case of eldercare 15: Principles of ethical transitions of Internationally Educated Nurses into practice 16: The elision of care as a matter of ethical concern 17: Ethics, professional care and digital technologies 18: Professional identity and personal experience Afterword: Professional ethics in welfare work – current perspectives and prospective visions for education and praxis