Ethics and the development of professional identities of engineering students

Journal of Engineering Education

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 383-390

  Loui, Michael C ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b Online Ethics Center for Engineering and Science   (United States)

^c National Institute for Engineering Ethics   (United States)

^d IEEE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineering ethics; Professional identity

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING ETHICS; PROFESSIONAL IDENTITIES;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 27744471192     PISSN: 10694730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.2168-9830.2005.tb00866.x     Document Type: Review

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