Professional responsibility: The role of the engineer in society

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 327-337

  Nichols, Steven P ^a,b   Weldon, William F ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering ethics; Engineering responsibility; Professional responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038357612     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-997-0039-x     Document Type: Article

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