The moral impotence of contemporary experts

Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 342-352

  Filion, Yves R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Expertise; Human sustainability; Information systems; Morality; Responsibility; Systems thinking; Work organization

Indexed keywords

CHAOS THEORY; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; REENGINEERING; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

HUMAN SUSTAINABILITY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MORALITY; RESPONSIBILITY; SYSTEMS THINKING; WORK ORGANIZATIONS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 4043099574     PISSN: 02704676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0270467604267478     Document Type: Article

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