Ethics, culture, and structure in the negotiation of straw bale building codes

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 261-288

  Henderson, Kathryn ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Building codes; Empirically informed ethics; Green building; Organizational culture; Values discourse

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645771753     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243905285925     Document Type: Article

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