Educational Innovation and Ethics of the Professions: The Ethos Living Lab Experience as a Social Responsibility of the University

Abstract

In a capitalist economic and cultural context that corrupts ethos in the professional field, the university must get involved by assuming a social responsibility through the cultivation and strengthening of values, competences and ethical skills in the field of professions. Ethos Living Lab was promoted in the 2018-2019 academic year by the Department of Philosophy of the Universitat de València, weaving communicative threads between the university community and the professional associations of the Valencian Community, aiming to cultivate good practices, strengthen and improve the competencies of the student body and professionals from an ethical perspective. It oriented its efforts towards innovation in the teaching-learning process to promote creativity and encourage the stimulation of an ethos of commitment, cooperation and involvement.