We've got to talk: Emergency communications and engineering ethics

International Symposium on Technology and Society, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Stephan, Karl D ^a  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTERS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; METAL RECOVERY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIO SYSTEMS; RELIABILITY; SAFETY ENGINEERING; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

AND RECOVERY; DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS; ENGINEERING ETHICS; EXCESS CAPACITY; HURRICANE - KATRINA; WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACKS;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 48249132906     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISTAS.2006.4375898     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (18)

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2. Failure of Initiative, p. 163.
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13. Available at the Library of Congress website http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi- bin/query/z?c109:H.R.1251:.
14. See the NIST website http://w3.antd.nist.gov/comm_net_ps.shtml for a listing of several current and past projects.
15. "Warranty" definition, law dictionary at the website www.law.com.
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18. Available at http://www.safecomprogram.gov/SAFECOM/library/technology/ 1200_statementof.htm.