The need for ethical reflection in engineering design: The relevance of type of design and design hierarchy

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 333-360

  Van De Poel, Ibo ^a   Van Gorp, A C ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Engineering design; Ethics; Regulation; Responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645778564     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243905285846     Document Type: Review

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