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This paper addresses how a managing director in a social initiative formsand sustains herself as an ethical subject at work. Drawing onethnographic material and Simon Critchley’s philosophy, I theorize herethical subjectivity through the concepts of ethical experience andfaithless faith. The analysis shows how she, through an ethicalexperience, is passively moved by a felt demand (creating equalopportunities) and then actively binds herself to a notion of good(being a spokesperson). It further shows how her ethical subjectivity issustained through her faithless faith (practical commitment andcontinuous striving). The paper extends research on whether ethicalsubjectivity should be viewed as passive or active by highlighting howit unfolds as both over time. It also contributes to research on howethical subjectivity can be sustained amid multiple demands andchallenges. These insights advance research on ethical subjectivity as amessy, situated, embodied, meaningful, and relational practice.
Mathias Karlsson (Thu,) studied this question.