Sustainable development, engineering and multinational corporations: Ethical and public policy implications

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 333-346

  Herkert, Joseph R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Codes of ethics; Engineering and public policy; Engineering ethics; Multinational corporations; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001302354     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-998-0025-y     Document Type: Article

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