Teaching vs. preaching: EC2000 and the engineering ethics dilemma

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 137-142

  Pfatteicher, Sarah K A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULA; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENGINEERS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS;

CLASSROOMS; ENGINEERING ETHICS; INSTRUCTORS; TEACHING ETHICS;

TEACHING;

EID: 19644376996     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2001.tb00581.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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