Professional societies, microethics, and macroethics: Product liability as an ethical issue in engineering design

International Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 19, Issue 1 SPEC., 2003, Pages 163-167

  Herkert, Joseph R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROETHICS;

HEALTH; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT LIABILITY; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PUBLIC POLICY;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 0037219693     PISSN: 0949149X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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