Ways of thinking about and teaching ethical problem solving: Microethics and macroethics in engineering

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 373-385

  Herkert, Joseph R ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate responsibility; Engineering ethics; Ethical problem solving; Macroethics; Online resources; Professional societies; STS

Indexed keywords

EID: 25444478317     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-005-0006-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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