The role of moral philosophy in promoting academic integrity among engineering students

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Etter, Brian K ^a   Harding, Trevor S ^a   Finelli, Cynthia J ^b   Carpenter, Donald D ^c  

^a KETTERING UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Center for Research on Learning and Teaching ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Academic dishonesty; Engineering ethics; Professional behavior

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY; ENGINEERING ETHICS; ENGINEERING STUDENTS; PROFESSIONAL BEHAVIOR;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 21644478137     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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