Diverse Knowledges and Competing Interests: An Essay on Socio-Technical Problem-Solving

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-98

  Di Norcia, Vincent ^a,b  

^a Universite of Sudbury   (Canada)

^b University of Sudbury ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Complexity; Diverse interests; Engineering; Ethical; Expertise; Knowledge; NRC; Nuclear reactors; Organochlorines; Paper mills; Pluralism; Pollution; Pragmatism; Problem solving; Risk; Socio technical; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; ENGINEERING; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PAPER; PROBLEM SOLVING; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; CANADA; ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; NUCLEAR REACTORS; PAPER; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0036371938     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-002-0034-1     Document Type: Article

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