Intel's pentium chip crisis: An ethical analysis

IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-19

  Williams, Cindy ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication ethics; Intel; Kantian ethics; Pentim; Public relations; Utilitarianism

Indexed keywords

PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ETHICAL ANALYSIS;

PUBLIC RELATIONS;

EID: 0031096040     PISSN: 03611434     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/47.557513     Document Type: Article

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