Scenario planning as a tool for choosing more ethical futures: A case study in nanoscale science and technology

Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium, SIEDS'06

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 275-278

  Smadja, E J ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

POLICY MAKERS; SCENARIO PLANNING (SP); STAKEHOLDERS; SYSTEMIC TOOLS;

NANOSCIENCE;

EID: 41949129373     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SIEDS.2006.278689     Document Type: Conference Paper

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