Investigating Ethical Issues in Engineering Design

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 429-446

  Van De Poel, Ibo ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethics in engineering design; Intertwinement of ethical and technical issues in engineering; Research agenda for engineering ethics; Responsibility and division of labour; Responsibility of engineers

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENGINEERING; ETHICS; FREEZING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH; STANDARD;

ENGINEERING; ETHICS; HUMANS; REFRIGERATION; RESEARCH;

EID: 0035409655     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-001-0064-0     Document Type: Article

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