Is diversity good? Six possible conceptions of diversity and six possible answers

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-63

  Bouville, Mathieu ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Ethics; Female students; Higher education; Minority students; Philosophy; Policy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 40349098524     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-007-9032-7     Document Type: Article

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