Teaching engineering ethics: Assessment of its influence on moral reasoning skills

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 29-34

  Self, Donnie J ^a   Ellison, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; TEACHING;

COGNITIVE MORAL DEVELOPMENT THEORY; DEFINING ISSUES TESTS (DIT); ENGINEERING ETHICS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 0031635103     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.1998.tb00319.x     Document Type: Article

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