The engineering and science Issues Test (ESIT): A discipline-specific approach to assessing moral judgment

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 387-407

  Borenstein, Jason ^a   Drake, Matthew J ^b   Kirkman, Robert ^a   Swann, Julie L ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Engineering ethics; Ethics education; Moral judgment; Science ethics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCIENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; GEORGIA; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ADULT; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; ENGINEERING; ETHICS, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; GEORGIA; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MORALS; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCIENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77952429041     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-009-9148-z     Document Type: Article

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