Supporting ethical problem solving: An exploratory investigation

Proceedings of the ACM SIGMIS CPR Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 134-143

  Robbins, Russell W ^a   Wallace, William A ^b   Puka, Bill ^b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Decision support; Ethics

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT; ETHICS; VERIFICATION;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); RESEARCH; SECURITY OF DATA;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 2942672224     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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