"Mind the Gaps": An Empirical Approach to Engineering Ethics, 1997-2001

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 517-542

  McGinn, Robert E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti reductionism; Empirical approach; Engineering education; Engineering ethics; Engineering practice; Ethical relativism; Gaps

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY; CONFLICT; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EMPIRICISM; EMPLOYER; ENGINEERING; ETHICS; HUMAN; MORALITY; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SOCIETY; STUDENT; TEACHER; THEORY; TIME; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; WORKER;

EID: 0344616893     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-003-0048-3     Document Type: Review

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