Implementing the Netherlands code of conduct for scientific practice-a case study

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 213-231

  Schuurbiers, Daan ^a,b   Osseweijer, Patricia ^a,c   Kinderlerer, Julian ^a,d  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Centre for Society and Genomics   (Netherlands)

^c KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Code of conduct; Moral responsibility; Research integrity; Responsible conduct of research; Science and engineering ethics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NETHERLANDS; RESEARCH ETHICS; UNIVERSITY;

CODES OF ETHICS; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 67349147956     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-009-9114-9     Document Type: Article

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