The Case for Responsibility of the IT Industry to Promote Equality for Women in Computing

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 247-260

  Turner, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer ethics; Gender equality; Information technology; Stereotypes; Technology development

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL ETHICS; POLICY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

ADVERTISING; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STEREOTYPING; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

EID: 0035316943     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-001-0046-2     Document Type: Article

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