Sosiaalityön tulevaisuuden etiikka epävarmuuden ja ympäristökriisien maailmassa

The ecosocial paradigm in social work : Striving for planetary well-being

This chapter focuses on the concept of planetary well-being from the perspective of social work. Social work is a practice-oriented profession and academic discipline that takes many different forms globally. We present an outline of the emerging ecosocial paradigm in social work. This rather new approach attempts to adjust the profession’s core emphasis on social problems of and between human beings, shifting it to a position that puts humanity’s dependence on the natural environment at its centre. The chapter discusses the similarities between the ecosocial paradigm and the concept of planetary well-being. It further asks what added value the concept of planetary well-being might bring to…

A social work perspective to the neoliberal mining boom in Finland and the possibility of an ecosocial response

Whether and How Social Work Could Address the Long-Term Socio-environmental Risks Caused by the Mining Industry in Northern Finland

Despite underlining the importance of the commitment of states and international organizations, the discourse on human security is seldom explicit about who the actors or frontline workers are that operationalize the framework. One such group of practitioners that is possibly involved, but largely unacknowledged, is social workers, especially as social work as a discipline, profession and social movement has a value base and overall goals that are very similar to the human security approach. In social work, the categories of economic, food, environmental and community security fall within the discourse of human security, particularly with the currently evolving ecosocial (ecological/environ…

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Tulevat ilmastot ja sosiaalityön etiikka

Sosiaalityössä olisi kiireesti terävöitettävä tilallisesti ja ajallisesti kaukaisia toisia koskevaa etiikka, jotta ala kykenisi nykyistä paremmin reagoimaan globaaleihin tai ajan myötä kumuloituviin uhkiin ja niiden aiheuttamaan haavoittuvuuteen. Erityisen ajankohtaiseksi asian tekee ihmisen aiheuttama ilmastonmuutos, joka lisää jo nyt (noin +1⁰ esiteollisesta ajasta) eriarvoisuutta ja haavoittuvuutta esimerkiksi konfliktien, siirtolaisuuden, ruokapulan ja sairauksien taustatekijänä. Vaikka kukaan ei ole suojassa ilmaston lämpenemisen vaikutuksilta, kaikkein suojattomimpia ovat köyhät, marginalisoidut ja muuten haavoittuvissa asemissa olevat ihmiset, joiden resurssit suojautua ja sopeutua o…

Striving to strengthen the ecosocial framework in social work in Finland

AbstractThere is no economic or social sustainability without ecological sustainability, yet the latter can hardly be achieved without the other forms of sustainability. While contemporary consumer societies are still today fundamentally unsustainable, advancing the overall sustainability transition as well as mitigating and preventing the ecological crisis should be high on the social work and community development agendas. On one hand, this is because the ecological crisis both causes and increases social inequality and vulnerability. On the other hand, aspiring sustainability requires profound social and cultural changes, bringing about which belongs to social work and community work’s a…

Corporate social responsibility and community development in a mining region in India: