Application of a sensemaking approach to ethics training in the physical sciences and engineering

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-278

  Kligyte, Vykinta ^a   Marcy, Richard T ^a   Waples, Ethan P ^a   Sevier, Sydney T ^a   Godfrey, Elaine S ^a   Mumford, Michael D ^a   Hougen, Dean F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b University of Oklahoma   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Evaluation; Integrity; Personality; Sensemaking; Strategies; Training

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; ENGINEERING; ETHICS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL SCIENCE; PHILOSOPHY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; COMMERCE; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; ENGINEERING; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NATURAL SCIENCES; PHILOSOPHY; PREJUDICE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 44449111756     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-007-9048-z     Document Type: Article

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