Reflective responsibility for risk: A critical view of software and information systems development risk management

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 312-325

  Stahl, Bernd Carsten ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Information systems; Morality; Reflective responsibility; Risk; Software development

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847056203     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2007.011985     Document Type: Review

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